The Sailor from Casablanca - A summer read full of passion betrayal, set between Golden Age

Informationen zum Autor Charline Malaval was born in Limoges in 1984, and grew up in Corrèze, south-western France. Having worked in Brazil, Mauritius, Bulgaria and Vanuatu, she now teaches at the French Lycée in Riga. The Sailor from Casablanca is her first novel. Klappentext "Tall, brilliant and ambitious, eighteen-year-old sailor Guillaume has the world at his feet when he steps onto the shores of Casablanca in April 1940. But his dreams of travelling the world are cut short when he dies in a warship explosion in the harbour of Casablanca. Sixty-five years later in 2005, as Loubna fights to open a cinema in the bustling harbourside city, the young woman discovers the mystery of the sailor from Casablanca . . . and a suitcase full of her grandfather Guillaume's love letters. But could it be that the boy everyone has supposed dead for over half a century is still alive? And if so - did he run away with one of his countless girlfriends all these years ago? As Loubna searches for answers, she finds herself swept up in an epic story of love, passion, intrigue and betrayal, set in the enchantingly glamorous heart of Golden Age Casablanca."--Publisher description.From a new voice in historical fiction comes this perfect summer holiday read: a seductive story of passion and betrayal, set between glamorous Golden Age Casablanca and the present day. Zusammenfassung From a new voice in historical fiction comes this perfect summer holiday read: a seductive story of passion and betrayal, set between glamorous Golden Age Casablanca and the present day.

Product details

• Authors: Charline Malaval
• Assisted by: Natasha Lehrer (Translation)
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781529351651
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-5165-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Non-fiction book > History > Regional and national histories; Romance, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Romance / General, Historical romance, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Holidays, Historical fiction, FICTION / Friendship, FICTION / Historical / World War II, FICTION / Romance / Historical / 20th Century, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, FICTION / Media Tie-In, Fiction in translation, FICTION / Romance / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Southern, Morocco, Second World War, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2)