A Party In San Niccolo - Softcover

Kent, Christobel

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ISBN 10: 0141013176 ISBN 13: 9780141013176

Publisher: Penguin, 2003

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An entrancing story that is one of the most absorbing examinations of the English in Italy since A Room with a View.

Set during one week in springtime Florence, A Party in San Niccol� follows the events leading up to the seventy-fifth birthday party for Frances Richardson, a much-loved English resident. Around her Frances's friends are gearing up for the party too: Frank, a disenchanted journalist; Jane, who runs an Italian cookery school for rich Home Counties wives; her shady husband Niccolo, and Gina, a beleaguered mother-of-three who has come to Florence for a break.

Before the week is out love, death, family secrets and old memories will come to a head at Frances' party, with dramatic results ...

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Book Description:

A standalone novel from Christobel Kent, bestselling author of The Loving Husband

About the Author:

Christobel Kent was born in London in 1962 and now lives in Cambridge with her husband and four children; in between she lived in Florence. She worked in publishing for several years, most recently as Publicity Director at Andre Deutsch. A Party in San Niccol� is her first book.

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