The Midwife of Venice is a gripping historical page-turner, enthralling readers with its suspenseful action and vivid depiction of life in sixteenth-century Venice. Roberta Rich has created a wonderful heroine in Hannah Levi, a lioness who will fight for the survival of the man she loves and the women and babies she is duty-bound to protect, carrying with her the best of humanity's compassion and courage. (From Doubleday Canada)