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Zusatztext The international bestselling novelist returns to her best form with thismagnificent sweeping tale. Set in Anglophile Chile and goldrush Californiaduring the middle years of the nineteenth century! this magnificent romancetells the story of English foundling Eliza Somers who becomes embroiledin a forbidden love affair with the charismatic but capricious JoaquinAndieta. When he disappears suddenly for California! and the promise ofriches that rumours of gold strikes have brought him! she can but followafter him... Informationen zum Autor Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is the author of nine novels, including Inès of My Soul , Daughter of Fortune , and Portrait in Sepia . She has also written a collection of stories, four memoirs, and a trilogy of children's novels. Her books have been translated into more than twenty-seven languages and have become bestsellers across four continents. In 2004 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Isabel Allende lives in California. Klappentext A magnificent sweeping tale from the international bestselling author of 'The House of the Spirits'. Set in Anglophile Chile and goldrush California during the middle years of the nineteenth century, this magnificent romance tells the story of English foundling Eliza Sommers who grows up in the bustling entrepot of Valparaiso. Eliza is a spirited, sparky and ambitious romantic who becomes embroiled in a forbidden love affair with the charismatic but capricious Joaquin Andieta. When he disappears suddenly for California, and the promise of riches that rumours of gold strikes have brought him, she can but follow after him... Zusammenfassung A magnificent sweeping tale from the international bestselling author of ‘The House of the Spirits’.
