She was the only woman in Venice who knew the secret...and it made her a criminal.
Her crime is b.
She is Sophia Fiolario, and she, too, is a glassmaker.
Yet there is someone who keeps the secret while defying tradition.
For in the 17th century, the secret of their craft must, by law, never leave Venetian shores.
But now three of them are dead, killed for attempting to leave the city that both prizes their work and keeps them prisoners.
The Murano glassmakers of Venice are celebrated and revered.
She was the only woman in Venice who knew the secret...and it made her a criminal