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Praise for Magdalen Nabb:
"Magdalen Nabb is so good she’s awesome."—Philadelphia Inquirer
"First rate. Engrossing, artful and -completely satisfying. Nabb is a fine writer."—Frank Conroy
"Elegant of style and elegant of mind."—Publishers Weekly, starred
"Nabb is formidable."—Houston Post
An elderly woman is found dead in her apartment. The marshal’s search for the villains brings him into confrontation with the past, with Jewish refugees from fascism, and with an English expatriate.
Magdalen Nabb was born in Lancashire. She has lived in Florence since 1975.
"Magdalen Nabb is so good she’s awesome."—Philadelphia Inquirer
"First rate. Engrossing, artful and -completely satisfying. Nabb is a fine writer."—Frank Conroy
"Elegant of style and elegant of mind."—Publishers Weekly, starred
"Nabb is formidable."—Houston Post
An elderly woman is found dead in her apartment. The marshal’s search for the villains brings him into confrontation with the past, with Jewish refugees from fascism, and with an English expatriate.
Magdalen Nabb was born in Lancashire. She has lived in Florence since 1975.
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Review:
‘Guarnaccia continues to impress as the most convincingly human of modern detectives and his creator as a writer of deep and rare dimension.’ -- Observer
‘Magdalen Nabb is magnificent on the medieval pageantry and sinister facades of her adopted Florence’ -- Sunday Times
‘Magdalen Nabb’s books are set in a Florence so vividly brought to life that I long to go back there after reading each one.’ -- Sunday Telegraph
From the Publisher:
‘Magdalen Nabb is magnificent on the medieval pageantry and sinister facades of her adopted Florence’ -- Sunday Times
‘Magdalen Nabb’s books are set in a Florence so vividly brought to life that I long to go back there after reading each one.’ -- Sunday Telegraph
Magdalen Nabb's latest in her acclaimed series of Marshal Guarnaccia mysteries. Nabb does for Florence what Donna Leon does for Venice, showing us the murky realities behind the stunning tourist exteriors.
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- PublisherChivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0754019551
- ISBN 13 9780754019558
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages320
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