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The Touch - Couverture rigide

McCullough, Colleen

 
9780684853307: The Touch
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0684853302 ISBN 13 : 9780684853307
Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2003

Synopsis

Book by McCullough Colleen

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Présentation de l'éditeur

'Fast-moving and immensely readable ... a page turner from start to finish' Maeve BinchyAlexander Kinross is remembered in his native Scotland only as a shiftless boilermaker's apprentice. But when he writes from Australia to summon his bride, his relatives realize he is now a man to be reckoned with. Arriving in Sydney after a difficult voyage, sixteen-year-old Elizabeth Drummond meets her husband-to-be and discovers that he frightens and repels her. And, isolated in Alexander's great house, Elizabeth finds that marriage does not prompt her husband to enlighten her about his past life - nor his present one, in which his mistress, the sensuous, tough, outspoken Ruby Costevan, still plays a part -

Biographie de l'auteur

Colleen McCullough was born in Australia. A neurophysiologist, she established the department of neurophysiology at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, then worked as a researcher and teacher at Yale Medical School for ten years. Her writing career began with the publication of Tim, followed by The Thorn Birds, a record-breaking international bestseller. The author of over ten other novels, including the acclaimed 'Masters of Rome' series, Dr McCullough also wrote lyrics for musical theatre. Until her death in 2015 she lived on Norfolk Island in the Pacific with her husband.

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Éditeur
Simon & Schuster
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0684853302
ISBN 13 
9780684853307
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
480
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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