London: Simon & Schuster Ltd. New. 2014. Reprint; Fourth Printing. Paperback. Fourth printing of S&S reissue paperback edition, 2014. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Brand new unopened book. Cover design by S&S Art Dept/Mel Four with photo courtesy of Shutterstock. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 416 pages; A tale of a beautiful young woman and a terrible tragedy. Italy, 1945. The war is over but its shadow still lingers. And deep in the lush countryside an eccentric aristocrat is savagely murdered in his beautiful palazzo. London, 1971. Years later, this unsolved crime touches the life of Alba, a hedonistic girl who lives on a houseboat in swinging Chelsea. Between these two distinctive times runs a thread of love, decadence and betrayal that takes Alba to the olive groves of the Amalfi Coast, rich with the scent of figs, the drama of wartime and the lingering decay of tragedy. The past unfolds revealing a secret web of partisans and Nazis, peasants and counts and in the centre of it all, an alluring woman of mystery - Alba's mother… .

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Exotically beautiful but desperately unhappy, Alba lives on a houseboat on the Thames, where she enjoys a life of leisure and entertains an endless and unfulfilling succession of lovers. But then she discovers a portrait of her dead mother, Valentina -- a woman she'd hardly known, whose story has been kept from her by her still grieving father. Determined to learn the truth about Valentina, Alba returns to the olive groves of the Amalfi coast of Italy. There she uncovers a mysterious tale of decadence, deception, murder, and betrayal involving partisans and Nazis, peasants and counts. Alba's journey leads her not only to the truth of her mother's hidden past but to the possibility of happiness in her own future.

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Bookseller: Books in Bulgaria (BG)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 35263
Title: Last Voyage Of The Valentina
Author: Montefiore, Santa
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: New
Edition: Reprint; Fourth Printing
ISBN 10: 1471149676
ISBN 13: 9781471149672
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2014
Bookseller catalogs: Fireside Reads;

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