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Lädt ... Italienische Nächte: Roman (German Edition) (2017)von Katherine Webb
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Oj! Det här var inte bra. ( ) Clare Kinksley goes with her stepson Pip to stay at the home of Leandro Cardetta, while her husband Boyd is hired to renovate a palazzo. Set in 1921, Italy there is a lot of unrest between the land owners and the workers and Clare very quickly gets involved, perhaps too involved with one worker, Ettore. I always look forward to books by Katherine Webb so couldn't wait to read this one. For me it isn't her best. Like all her other books there are lots of stories within a story which unfold. Set in a time that I know very little about and it seems that research has gone into that period. I have to be honest that this period in time is perhaps not what I would normally read about. The story was ok and I enjoyed the biggest part. I did find the book overlong and I think I was reading it in the end just to see how it was going to end. A lot happened in one go at the end and all the secrets came out and all loose ends tied up. Not my favourite by Katherine Webb but will read her books in the future. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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The international bestseller returns with a searing new novel of secrets and feuds, set in 1920s Italy. Puglia, 1921. Leandro Cardetta, born into poverty, emigrated to America to make his fortune and has returned home to southern Italy a rich man, accompanied by his glamorous wife, Marcie, an ex-showgirl fighting middle age. Now Leandro has money enough to hire renowned English architect, Boyd Kinsgley, to renovate a crumbling palazzo into an Art Deco statement of wealth, and host Boyd's teenage son and his diffident young second wife, Clare, for one extraordinary summer. Under the burning sky, beyond the luxury of Leandro's home, tensions are high. Veterans of the Great War are desperate for work and food. Among these is Ettore, Leandro's nephew. Gripped by grief at the loss of his fiancée, Ettore has sworn to identify Livia's killer, and take his revenge. He is too proud to go to his uncle for charity, but when he injures himself one day, he has no choice but to knock on Leandro's door. Meeting Clare there will change everything - and in the most violent way. During the fierce summer of 1921, all these lives converge. Exactly how did Leandro grow rich in America, and what is the strange hold he has over Boyd? What happened to the first Mrs Kingsley, and what secret haunts the outwardly exuberant Marcie Cardetta? Hearts will be broken, blood will be spilt and the hardest of life's lessons will be learnt as shadows fall. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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