Die Upon a Kiss (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780553581652)

In February 1835, the cold New Orleans streets are alight with masked Mardi Gras revelers as the American Theater's impresario, Lorenzo Belaggio, brings a magnificent yet controversial operatic version of Othello to town. But it's pitch-black in the alley where free man of color Benjamin January hears a slurred whisper, spies the flash of a knife, and is himself wounded as he rescues Belaggio from a vicious attack. Could competition for audiences--or for Belagio's affections--provoke such violent skulduggery? Or is Shakespeare's tragic tale, with its spectacle of a black man's passion for a white beauty, one that some Creole citizen--or American parvenu--would do anything to keep off the stage? The soaring music will lead January into a tangle of love, hate, and greed more treacherous than any onstage drama, as he must discover who is responsible...and who will Die Upon a Kiss.

Author: Barbara Hambly
ISBN-10: 0553581651
ISBN-13: 9780553581652
Publisher: Bantam
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2002
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 6.89h x 4.22w x 1.08d

Review Citation(s):
Romantic Times 08/01/2002 pg. 83 - Excellent