Mary Lavelle
$38.11
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
17 August 2006
Summary
Mary Lavelle, a beautiful young Irish woman, travels to Spain to see some of the world before marrying her steadfast fiance John. But despite the enchanting surroundings and her three charming charges, life as governess to the wealthy Areavaga family is lonely and she is homesick.
Then comes the arrival of the family’s handsome, passionate - and married - son Juanito and Mary’s loyalties and beliefs are challenged. Falling in love with Juanito and with Spain, Mary finds herself at the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844083152 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844083152 |
| Author: | Kate O'Brien |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 17 August 2006 |
| Weight: | 221g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 130mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
She writes with almost poetic intensity of the ecstasy and anguish of love– Val Hennessy
‘A superior type of romantic novel quasi-intelligent and discursive, colourful and unorthodox’ TLS
‘She writes with almost poetic intensity of the ecstasy and anguish of love’ Val HennessyKate O'Brien
Kate O’Brien (1897-1974), one of Ireland’s greatest and best-loved writers, was born in Limerick. As well as writing plays, travel and biography, she published nine wonderful novels.
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