Episode 5

Available for 38 days

The plague has left Venice and her islands devastated but on Murano, the furnaces are firing and Orsola’s beads take shape once more. The spellbinding new novel from the acclaimed author of ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ is read by Emily Bruni. Written by Tracy Chevalier Abridged by Siân Preece Produced by Eilidh McCreadie Tracy Chevalier is the author of eleven novels, including ’A Single Thread’, ‘Remarkable Creatures’ and ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’, an international bestseller that has sold over five million copies and been made into a film, a play and an opera. A BBC Audio Scotland production for BBC Radio 4