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The Puppet

Master

Graham Bullen

KEY SELLING POINTS

A novel which combines a family saga with social history of Sicily in the 16th Century, a little-known time in
its history.
Shows the Spanish Inquisition at work in Sicily, and the immense power and influence of medieval chivalric
storytelling.
Set both in Sicily and Milan

How much of his story can she trust? Most importantly of all – can he even trust himself?

1579. Nico Cusmano, an old man in ill health, sits in a reception room in his brother Edo’s Milanese villa. He
will tell the story of his life, and that of Edo. Of their rise from the humblest of peasant childhoods in the
Aeolian Islands to their triumph as the most famous puppeteers and showmen of the Palermo court of the
Viceroy.

But his story is also one of brutal family tragedy and madness. Of blood feuds, jealousies and betrayals, and
the looming presence of the Inquisition.

At its heart is the figure of Hadice, a woman loved by both brothers, sitting just feet away from him as he
speaks.

Graham Bullen was originally from East Anglia, but now lives in a Highland village on the shores of Loch Ness
with his wife Joanne. Visits to Venice and the Outer Hebrides inspired his first two novels. This new novel was
inspired by his time amongst the volcanic landscapes and people of Sicily.

Publication Date: 28th July 2024 £11.99 ISBN: 9781805144328
Thema subject category: FV – Historical fiction
paperback 198 x 129 mm 352 pp Portrait Author location: Loch Ness

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