by James Runcie · HarperCollins · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007119875
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«The Colour of Heaven» is the historical romance novel by James Runcie, published by HarperCollins in paperback (320 pages, in English).
Set in Renaissance Venice and China, it tells how a young man named Paolo embarks on a journey along the Silk Road in search of ultramarine, the perfect blue that transformed painting. With his friends Jacopo and Salek, he suffers unrequited love and, on returning home, takes part in the early development of lenses and spectacles.
Published in 2004. The cover bears the subtitle 'A dazzling novel of travel, romance and the perfect blue'.
For readers of historical fiction who enjoy travel adventures and romance set in past eras.
James Robert Runcie is a British novelist, documentary filmmaker, television producer and playwright. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a visiting professor at Bath Spa University and was Commissioning Editor for Arts on BBC Radio 4 from 2016 to 2020.
