The Venetian

In 1467, Marin Zanetti leaves Venice to become the Cornaro mill and estates supervisor in Cyprus while Andrea Cornaro, the Auditor of the Kingdom, is planning the king’s engagement to his niece, Caterina Cornaro, the last Queen of Cyprus. In 2010, the chef Lorenzo Zanetti embarks on a scavenger hunt in search of his ancestor’s trail on the island as a means to add some spice to his monotonous life after his wife’s death. How will Lorenzo find out more about Marin and his own origins? What role does a Cypriot woman, oddly named Marina Zanettou, play in his search? Could she be more than Lorenzo’s private guide? Only the reader will find out to what extent both men are touched by the natural beauty that surrounds them. Through Lina Ellina’s pen, the reader embarks on two parallel, unpredictable and unforgettable journeys.