The Knife Maker of Venice is going on tour with Rachel's Random Resources, if you wish to participate please contact me on rachel@rachelsrandomresources.com with your name, blog name, preferred post type and availability.
The Knife Maker of Venice by David Gilman
Genre: Historical Fiction/Adventure
Tour Dates: 13th - 22nd August 2026
Publication Date: 13th August 2026
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Estimated Page Count: 512
Standalone Novel
Formats available: Netgalley widget and limited UK Hardbacks
Types of post available: Reviews (preferred), extracts and Author supplied Q&As
Author Content Warning: Violence
Purchase Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Knife-Maker-Venice-David-Gilman/dp/1035910373
A young Englishman captured by slavers must survive the snakepit that is seventeenth-century Venice.
1604. As pirates seeking slaves to sell in the markets of North Africa terrorise the coasts of Europe, headstrong Richard Sheriff and his sister Elizabeth are torn from their Devonshire home and thrust into a waking nightmare.
Richard's skills as a blacksmith see him fetch a high price, but the pirate captain has other plans for Elizabeth and once they are separated, Richard has no idea of his sister's fate. They must both learn to survive on a deadly voyage into the unknown.
Sold into servitude in Venice: glittering, vicious city of secrets, he is apprenticed to a knife maker. Richard's talents soon win him renown... but haunted by his sister's absence, he vows never to stop looking for her, knowing she would do the same for him.
First he must survive that city of ghosts. Will the siblings live to see each other again, or will they join the myriads lost to Venice, where life is cheap, profit is all, and escape nigh-on impossible?
A powerful historical adventure perfect for fans of Kate Mosse, Ken Follett and Robert Harris.
About David Gilman
David Gilman has enjoyed many careers, including paratrooper, firefighter, and photographer. An award-winning author and screenwriter, he is the author of the critically acclaimed Master of War series of historical novels, and was shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize for The Last Horseman. He was longlisted for the same prize for The Englishman, the first book featuring ex-French Foreign Legionnaire Dan Raglan. David lives in Devon. Follow David on @davidgilmanuk, www.davidgilman.com, and facebook.com/davidgilman.author
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Blog Tour Schedule
Maximum 3 stops per day. Confirmed blogs will appear here.
13th August
Lifelong History Lover
Malloch_books
@_clairereviews_ (IG)
14th August
The Book Elf
Bookworm86
15th August
Novel Kicks
SarahReads
Lisa Loves Literature
16th August
Pickled Thoughts and Pinot
@candygirl73reads
Jessica's Reading Room
17th August
@bookmarked_by_hayley
WildWritingLife
Tizi’s Book Review
18th August
Cup of Toast
Bookmadjo
Left on the Shelf
19th August
Pen and Paper
Reviewsfeed
20th August
Bookish Jottings
TBHonest
21st August
Sharon Beyond The Books
22nd August
Staceywh_17
@book.lover1486
@nicolasmith1987