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The Italian Wife: a breath-taking and heartbreaking pre-WWII romance set in Italy
Kate Furnivall
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Italy, 1932 -- Mussolini's Italy is growing from strength to strength, but at what cost?
One bright autumn morning, architect Isabella Berotti sits at a cafe in the vibrant centre of Bellina, when a woman she's never met asks her to watch her ten-year-old daughter, just for a moment. Reluctantly, Isabella agrees -- and then watches in horror as the woman climbs to the top of the town's clock tower and steps over the edge.
This tragic encounter draws vivid memories to the surface, forcing Isabella to probe deeper into the secrets of her own past as she tries to protect the young girl from the authorities. Together with charismatic photographer Roberto Falco, Isabella is about to discover that secrets run deeper, and are more dangerous, than either of them could have possibly imagined . . .
From the glittering marble piazzas to the picturesque hillside villages and winding streets of Rome, Kate Furnivall's epic new novel will take you on an breathtaking journey of intrigue, romance and betrayal.
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Praise for The Italian Wife: a breath-taking and heartbreaking pre-WWII romance set in Italy
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Kate Furnivall has a wonderful gift for evoking a location, and her stories are always fast-paced page-turners, peppered with authentic detail - Lucinda Riley, author of Hothouse FlowerThe setting is sweeping, the story big and the description vivid - Courier MailFurnivall's descriptions are powerful . . . the plotting and pace are breathless - Historical Novels ReviewBreathtaking historical fiction - The Times
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