Download or read book The Bellini Card written by Jason Goodwin and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charged by the Sultan to find a stolen painting by Bellini, Yashim the detective enlists the help of his friend Palewski, the Polish Ambassador, and goes undercover. Venice in 1840 is a city of empty palazzos and silent canals, and Palewski starts to mingle with Venetian dealers - but when two bodies turn up in the canal, he realises that art in Venice is a deadly business, and it is up to Yashim to attempt to rescue his intrepid friend from forces bigger than they had ever imagined . . .