Last Voyage of the Valentina
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Last Voyage of the Valentina by Santa Montefiore
Set in London during the swinging sixties and Italy's Amalfi coast after Word War II, Last Voyage of the Valentina is an epic romance with a dark uncercurrent of suspense from an author the Daily Mail (UK) has declared "is the new Rosamunde Pilcher."Exotically beautiful but desperately unhappy, Alba lives on a houseboat on the Thames, where she enjoys a life of leisure and entertains an endless and unfulfilling succession of lovers. But then she discovers a portrait of her dead mother, Valentina--a woman she'd hardly known, whose story has been kept from her by her still grieving father. Determined to learn the truth about Valentina, Alba returns to the olive groves of the Amalfi coast of Italy. There she uncovers a mysterious tale of decadence, deception, murder, and betrayal involving partisans and Nazis, peasants, and counts. Alba's journey leads her not only to the truth of her mother's hidden past but to the possibility of happiness in her own future.
The novels of Santa Montefiore have been translated into twenty languages and sold over three million copies in the United Kingdom and Europe. At Exeter University, she studied Spanish and Italian. She and her two daughters, Lily and Sasha, live in London with her husband, historian Simon Sebag-Montefiore. READER BIORosalyn Landor has been an actress in Europe and the United States since she was seven years old. Leading roles on PBS's Masterpiece Theater, miniseries on all major networks, films, theater, and audio productions are among her many credits. She has won an Audie Award and multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, as well as being named a Best Voice of 2009 by AudioFile magazine.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780743276863 |
| ISBN 10 | 0743276868 |
| Title | Last Voyage of the Valentina |
| Author | Santa Montefiore |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2006-06-06 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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