Project Gutenberg 2008-03-08 Public domain in the USA. 79 Turnbull, Lawrence, Mrs. 1927 Turnbull, Francese Litchfield Turnbull, Mrs. Lawrence The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Barbara Kosker, Suzanne Shell, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) "The Royal Pawn of Venice" by Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull is a historical romance written in the early 20th century. Set in the latter half of the 15th century, the story revolves around the young and innocent Caterina Cornaro, who is betrothed to Janus II, King of Cyprus. The narrative explores themes of ambition, duty, and the melding of romantic ideals with the complex realities of political alliances, as Caterina is to navigate her new role as queen amid the intrigue surrounding her marriage and fate. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to the dreamy allure of Cyprus as it captivates the rulers of Venice. As Caterina learns of her imminent betrothal, she is filled with excitement and trepidation about becoming the queen. The opening chapters depict her innocent fantasies of royalty and the opulence of her future while hinting at the underlying tensions in Cyprus, including the political ramifications of her marriage and the whispers of discontent that could disrupt her idyllic dreams. As the festivities surrounding her engagement unfold, Caterina navigates her shifting identity from a sheltered Venetian maiden to a pivotal player in the politics of a foreign land, setting the stage for her developing character and the challenges to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Historical fiction Biographical fiction Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus, 1454-1510 -- Fiction Queens -- Cyprus -- Fiction Cyprus -- History -- Venetian rule, 1474-1570 -- Fiction PZ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 608081 600295 2024-10-10T14:26:45.334689 2023-09-11T06:17:31.220230 text/html text/html 617708 2008-03-08T14:10:07 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 542679 2021-01-03T09:47:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 565063 2024-10-10T14:26:56.933634 application/epub+zip 571006 2024-10-10T14:26:48.400671 application/epub+zip 295044 2024-10-10T14:26:46.533676 application/epub+zip 754706 2024-10-10T14:27:02.933601 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 686820 2024-10-10T14:26:55.343612 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 416704 2022-09-11T11:54:21.536493 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 549429 549311 2024-10-10T14:26:43.417701 2023-09-11T06:17:29.750212 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 549016 2021-01-03T09:47:55 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 210087 2021-01-03T09:47:55 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 549028 2021-01-03T09:47:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 209969 2021-01-03T09:47:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22688 2024-10-10T14:27:03.559569 application/rdf+xml 15813 2024-10-10T14:26:47.242660 image/jpeg 2274 2024-10-10T14:26:46.889648 image/jpeg 541682 2024-10-10T14:26:45.397689 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog