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James Cowan

Palace of Memory

The Secret to King Roger of Sicily's Pleasure Garden

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What is the secret of King Roger's pleasure garden?Dr Roberto Balducci, a retired archaeologist, is invited to Palermo by an elderly marchesa to take charge of the papers of her late husband, Don Francesco di Valenti. He arrives to discover that the Don has spent his life researching a pleasure garden known as La Favara, once the country retreat of the twelfth-century King Roger of Sicily. The marchesa wants to discover whether her husband's untimely death is in some way linked to the king's.Dr Balducci finds himself seduced by Don Francesco's obsessions. La Favara begins to reveal its secrets. Reading the Don's notebooks, and exploring the… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-9993440-9-2
  • EAN: 9781999344092
  • Produktnummer: 35341452
  • Verlag: Speculum Books
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
  • Seitenangabe: 294 S.
  • Masse: H20.9 cm x B13.2 cm x D2.0 cm 430 g
  • Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
  • Gewicht: 430

Über den Autor


James Cowan is author of a number of internationally acclaimed books, including The Painted Shore, A Troubadour's Testament and Letters from A Wild State. In 1998 he was awarded the prestigious Australian Literature Society's Gold Medal for his novel, A Mapmaker's Dream. His work has been translated into seventeen languages.

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