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I always try to write about different places, for my enjoyment as much as for my reader. Books go search your store deals store gift cards sell. However if you are going to pick up a book by santa montefiore then i could suggest the house by the sea which seems to have the heart and the characters which valentina seems to lack. Last voyage of the valentina by santa montefiore fictiondb. Last voyage of the valentina santa montefiore, author. Santa montefiores books have been translated into more than twentyfive languages and have sold more than six million copies in england and europe. Oct 23, 2014 buy last voyage of the valentina uk ed. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading last voyage of the valentina. I can honestly say i didnt like any of the characters and the story didnt flow.
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Last voyage of the valentina by santa montefiore book cover, description, publication history. She is the bestselling author of the temptation of gracie and the deverill series, among many othe. Last voyage of the valentina is set on the amalfi coast, in 1960s london, and in hampshire, where i grew up. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read sea of lost love. Last voyage of the valentina is a sweeping, romantic story that makes for a great escape for any book lover. Exotically beautiful but desperately unhappy, alba lives on a houseboat on the thames, where she enjoys a life of leisure and. Set in london during the swinging sixties and italys. Last voyage of the valentina ebook by santa montefiore. Booktopia last voyage of the valentina by santa montefiore. Buy last voyage of the valentina by santa montefiore from waterstones today.
Feb 28, 2005 set in london during the swinging sixties and italys amalfi coast after word war ii, the last voyage of the valentina is an epic romance with a dark uncercurrent of suspense from an author the daily mail uk has declared is the new rosamunde pilcher. Sa alba arbuckle is a beautiful young woman living on a houseboat named after her mother, valentina, in london in 1971. Last voyage of the valentina by santa montefiore set in london during the swinging sixties and italys amalfi coast after word war ii, the last voyage of the. Buy a discounted paperback of last voyage of the valentina online from australias leading online bookstore. I have started with frenchmans garden and have been acquiring her books ever since. She lives in london with her husband, the historian simon sebag montefiore and their two children. Exotically beautiful but desperately unhappy, alba lives on a houseboat on the thames, where she enjoys a life of leisure. Whats not to like about a beautiful girl, a country house and amalfi.
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