Name: The Summer House
Price: 20.26 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Santa Montefiore
ISBN: 9781451676693

Type

Physical Book

Author

Santa Montefiore

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 2.6 cm

Weight

0.37 kg.

ISBN13

9781451676693

Synopsis "The Summer House"

Previously published as The Woman from Paris "Superb storyteller" (Plum Sykes) Santa Montefiore's sweeping and sophisticated international bestseller Summer House is "a feel good story, full of exuberance and passion and threaded with hope...an exceptional find" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). When Lord Frampton dies in a skiing accident, a beautiful young woman named Phaedra appears at his funeral--claiming to be the Lord's illegitimate daughter. In his will, Lord Frampton has left the priceless Frampton suite of sapphires to this interloper, confirming her claim and outraging his three adult sons and widow. Eventually, however, Phaedra's sweet nature thaws the frosty relationships. She becomes the daughter that Antoinette Frampton never had and a wise and compassionate granddaughter to the formidable Dowager Lady Frampton. But an attraction grows between Phaedra and the eldest son, David. It seems an impossible love--blocked by their blood connection and by the fury of one family member who is determined to expose Phaedra as a fraud. Filled with the luscious scenery and enchanting characters her fans adore, Santa Montefiore's Summer House is an unforgettable story about family, forgiveness, and the power of love.

Santa Montefiore

(Author)

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British writer, Santa Montefiore grew up on a farm in Hampshire and attended Sherborne School for Girls. From a young age, she dreamed of becoming a writer, which led her to earn a degree in Spanish and Italian Language from the University of Exeter. She converted to Judaism in 1998 and married a historian, from whom she took her surname, Montefiore.

She spent the 1990s in Buenos Aires, where her curiosity about the South American country was awakened, which has notably nourished her work. She published her first novel in 2001 and has since released various titles, with her biggest successes being Under the Ombu Tree, The Butterfly Box, The Swallow and the Hummingbird, and The Last Voyage of Valentina.

Montefiore's production is highlighted by the Deverill Chronicles series, consisting of Songs of Love and War, Daughters of Castle Deverill, The Last Secret of the Deverills, and Time of Secrets at Deverill.

The author's writing style is classic romantic, with magnificent descriptions and displaying great imagination.

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