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The Italian Wife

By: Kate Furnivall
Narrated by: Jane McDowell
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The Sunday Times top 10 best-selling author

Discover a brilliant story of love, danger, courage and betrayal, from the internationally best-selling author of The Betrayal.

Italy, 1932 - Mussolini's Italy is growing from strength to strength, but at what cost?

One bright autumn morning, architect Isabella Berotti sits at a café in the vibrant centre of Bellina when a woman she's never met asks her to watch her 10-year-old daughter, just for a moment. Reluctantly Isabella agrees - and then watches in horror as the woman climbs to the top of the town's clock tower and steps over the edge.

This tragic encounter draws vivid memories to the surface, forcing Isabella to probe deeper into the secrets of her own past as she tries to protect the young girl from the authorities. Together with charismatic photographer Roberto Falco, Isabella is about to discover that secrets run deeper and are more dangerous than either of them could have possibly imagined....

From the glittering marble piazzas to the picturesque hillside villages and winding streets of Rome, Kate Furnivall's epic new novel will take you on an breathtaking journey of intrigue, romance, and betrayal.

©2014 Kate Furinvall (P)2015 Isis Audiobooks 20th Century Fiction Historical International Mystery & Crime Romance Romantic Suspense War & Military Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Detective Mystery Italy Military Suspense Rome

Critic Reviews

"Breathtaking historical fiction." ( The Times)
"Furnivall's descriptions are powerful...the plotting and pace are breathless." (Historical Novels Review)
"The setting is sweeping, the story big and the description vivid." ( Courier Mail)

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What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

I started to enjoy the story, thought it had a lot of potential. However it let me down, it didnt hold my interest, no action, nothing moved fast enough. Did hold my attention

Would you be willing to try another book from Kate Furnivall? Why or why not?

Yes of course.

What three words best describe Jane McDowell’s voice?

easy t follow

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Italian Wife?

Didnt finish the book, so cant say.

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