The Double Life of Mistress Kit Kavanagh
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
11 April 2016
Summary
The Alehouse Keeper’s Secret: A Tale of War, Love, and Espionage
An unforgettable historical romance based on an astonishing true story from international bestseller Marina Fiorato.
Dublin 1702. Irish beauty Kit Kavanagh has everything she could want in life. Newly married, she runs a successful alehouse with her beloved husband Richard. The wars that rage in Europe over the Spanish throne seem a world away.
But everything changes on the night that Richard simply dis…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473610491 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1473610494 |
| Author: | Marina Fiorato |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 11 April 2016 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 30mm |
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A great read
Delightful… Our heroine is feisty, the captain is dashing and the plot rollicks along. Great fun. - Times
Wonderful … hard to put down. A truly imaginative piece, both touching and delightful. - Jenny AgutterRichly detailed and evocative … an unforgettable historical love story. Beautifully written and worth losing yourself in. - Candis MagazineIn Marina Fiorato’s beautifully imagined novel, these two witty, fierce characters once again get to take centre stage … Not only does she fill out the details of the protagonists’ lives, transforming them into characters with backgrounds, histories and contexts, but she creates meaningful and inventive narratives that inform the play … this book is a real pleasure. - We Love this Book/BooksellerExcellent, swashbuckling fun, with a perfectly judged ending - Daily MailFiorato creates her own masterpiece - BooklistAbout The Author
Marina Fiorato
Marina Fiorato is half-Venetian. She was born in Manchester and raised in the Yorkshire Dales. She is a history graduate of Oxford University and the University of Venice, where she read for a master’s degree in Shakespeare. After university she studied art and worked in the film and music industries, creating visuals for U2, The Rolling Stones and the Queen musical We Will Rock You. Her novels Daughter of Siena and Beatrice & Benedick were shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Historial Fiction Award. Marina was married on the Grand Canal and lives in north London with her husband, son and daughter.
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