The Marchesa

Simonetta Agnello Hornby (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2007
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-102370-0 (ISBN)

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Costanza Safamita, daughter of Baron Domenico Safamita, is an unusual child. Her adoring father makes her sole heir to the Safamita fortune. Then, she falls in love with a marchese. This book features The Marchesa's story which offers an unprecedented woman's perspective on the hypocrisy of Sicilian aristocracy during a dramatic time in history.

Costanza Safamita, beloved daughter of Baron Domenico Safamita, is a precious but unusual child. Red-haired, gawky and shy, she is considered an outsider by many on the family estate, but her adoring father makes her sole heir to the Safamita fortune - and then everything changes. Now she must conquer glittering, alien Palermo where, uncertain of her future, she falls in love with a charming, dissolute young marchese whose sexual appetite she fears she cannot satiate. The Marchesa's brave, unusual story offers an unprecedented woman's perspective on the incestuous hypocrisy of Sicilian aristocracy during a dramatic time in history. The Bourbon monarchy collapsed, the Mafia rose to power, and Palermo's decadent aristocracy began its inevitable decline. These themes are flawlessly woven into the fabric of Costanza's triumphant life, so that "The Marchesa" becomes not only an unforgettable human tale but a masterly fresco of a vanished world.

Simonetta Agnello Hornby was born in Palermo, Sicily, and has lived in London for thirty years, where she works as a lawyer for children. Her first novel, The Almond Picker, was a bestseller in Italy and has been published in twelve languages.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.3.2007
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	131 x 197 mm
Gewicht	232 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Historische Romane
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Zweisprachige Ausgaben ► Deutsch / Englisch
ISBN-10	0-14-102370-8 / 0141023708
ISBN-13	978-0-14-102370-0 / 9780141023700
Zustand	Neuware