The Tailor’s Raphael: A Novel - Couverture souple

BASSHAM, BEN

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798369438855

Editeur : Xlibris US, 2025

Synopsis

Arthur Nightingale, a professor at a small, private college in Vermont, is happily at work on a book in London when the school’s dean calls and persuades him to direct their study abroad program in Florence. Although spectacularly under-qualified for the job—he doesn’t speak Italian, has no administrative experience, and doesn’t especially enjoy the company of young people—he agrees, but only after successfully bargaining for a generous per diem and a housing allowance that allows him to live apart from the students. He then rents a lovely, spacious hillside villa with a grand view of Florence. But living in luxury has a price: his eccentric landlady insists that he help her find a buyer for an Old Master painting she believes to be a work of Raphael. Arthur becomes entangled in her scheme while also teaching a course on the operas of Verdi and trying to ward off the advances of a older student who is the wife of a college trustee. But he finds his biggest challenge when he begins negotiations with members of the Italian underworld.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Xlibris US
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798369438855
• Reliure: Tapa blanda
• Nombre de pages: 292
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