The Irish Signorina

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Julia O'Faolain's subtle, seductively plotted novel weaves together Ireland and Italy, romantic love and mystery. Cavalcantis at their family villa in Tuscany arrived quite unexpectedly. But in the wake of History finals, and still shaken by her mother's death, Anne decides to go. glowing descriptions of Cosimo - her ex-lover and a friend of the charming and formidable Cavalcantis. Sunday Times as ripe figs, hand-picked for the table.' Company

Author Bio

Julia O'Faolain was born in London in 1932. Her novel No Country for Young Men was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She was brought up in Cork and Dublin, educated in Paris and Rome and married an American historian in Florence. She lived for many years in the US.