#1 New York Times bestselling author of Tidelands--the "searing portrait of a woman that resonates across the ages" (People)--returns with an evocative historical novel tracking the rise of the Tidelands family in London, Venice, and New England.Midsummer Eve 1670. Two unexpected visitors arrive at a shabby warehouse on the south side of the River Thames. The first is a wealthy nobleman seeking the lover he deserted twenty-one years earlier. Now James Avery has everything to offer: a fortune, a title, and the favor of the newly restored King Charles II. He believes that the warehouse's poor owner Alinor has the one thing he cannot buy--his son and heir. The second visitor is a beautiful widow from Venice in deepest mourning. She claims Alinor as her mother-in-law and tells her of the death of Rob--Alinor's son--drowned in the dark tides of the Venice lagoon. Meanwhile, Alinor's brother Ned, in faraway New England, is making a life for himself between in the narrowing space between the jarring worlds of the English newcomers and the American Indians as they move towards inevitable war. Alinor writes to him that she knows--without doubt--that her son is alive and the widow is an imposter. But how can she prove it? Set in the poverty and glamour of Restoration London, in the golden streets of Venice, and on the tensely contested frontier of early America, this is a novel of greed and desire: for love, for wealth, for a child, and for home.
Sobre o autor(a)
Gregory, Philippa
Além de se dedicar a escrever romances históricos, Philippa Gregory é reconhecida por seus programas de rádio e televisão. É Ph.D. em literatura do século XVIII pela Universidade de Edimburgo e autora, entre outros, de A rainha branca, adaptado para uma série de TV pela BBC, A rainha vermelha, A senhora das águas e A irmã de Ana Bolena. Este último ganhou as telas do cinema como A outra, uma superprodução estrelada por Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson e Eric Bana. Philippa Gregory mora com a família no norte da Inglaterra. Seus livros já ultrapassaram a marca de 1 milhão de exemplares vendidos nos Estados Unidos. |
| ISBN | 9781501187193 |
| Autor(a) | Gregory, Philippa |
| Editora | Atria Books |
| Ano de edição | 2021 |
| Páginas | 480 |
| Acabamento | Brochura |
| Dimensões | 20,10 X 13,20 |