The Empress Emerald - Couverture souple

Harlond, J G

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 194275678X ISBN 13 : 9781942756781

Editeur : Penmore Press LLC, 2016

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Leo Kazan is half Russian and half Indian, an orphan (or so he believes) and a talented linguist. He is also a thief, attracted like a magpie to everything which glitters. He becomes the protégé of Sir Lionel Pinchcoffin, the District Political Officer in Bombay, who recognises Leo’s talents and turns him into a spy. From an early age, Leo is immersed in the seedy world of international espionage, revolutionary politics and diamond smuggling. He travels from India to Europe and Russia, but the most meaningful time in his life are a few stolen days when he meets and falls in love with Davina Dymond in London. As the drums of war reverberate around the world for the second time in their lives, Leo begins to understand his history and Davina, trapped in war-torn Spain, turns to crime to survive. Both must unshackle themselves from the ways of the old world, and those who seek to manipulate them, before they can find true happiness - and each other. ‘An epic and enthralling novel of love and separation, betrayal and treachery, which sweeps the reader across continents from India and Russia to Spain and England. Individual lives are torn apart by the flood of war and political manipulation, yet even as they struggle in that drowning tide, Leo and Davina discover their own identities and place of belonging. Cinematic, with a rich tapestry of colour and characters.’ Karen Maitland – author of 'The Falcons of Fire and Ice' First published as 'The Magpie,' Eloquent Books, New York, 2008.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Jane G. Harlond is the author of 'The Empress Emerald' (Famelton Publishing 2014) and 'The Chosen Man', published by Knox Robinson Publishing (2012). Jane is a full-time author, whose fiction examines aspects of how time and place influence a person’s life-choices and identity. She is a member of the prestigious Historical Writers’ Association and a consultant for Famelton Writing Services. Apart from fiction, Jane has also written an IGCSE English school text book for OUP and educational material for Pearson and Penguin under her married name, Arredondo. Jane grew up in Devon and studied in Bristol, Portsmouth and the U.S.A. before finishing her academic studies with an M.A. in Social and Political Thought at the University of Sussex. She has lived and worked in various different European countries and is married to a Spanish naval officer. They now live in rural Andalucia and their large family is scattered across Europe.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penmore Press LLC
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 194275678X
• ISBN 13: 9781942756781
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 434