- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks; New Ed edition (19 Oct 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340836547
- ISBN-13: 978-0340836545
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 250,397 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘Out of the horrors of the past, the author has created a story that is epic in scope and emotion, but also brilliantly observant and truthful. It is surprising, moving and skilful.’
(Elizabeth Buchan )‘Santa Montefiore’s world of Italian peasants and partisans, Nazis and aristocrats is flamboyant and suspenseful. Anyone who likes Joanna Harris or Mary Wesley will love Montefiore’s atmospheric fifth romance.’
(Mail on Sunday on Last Voyage of the Valentina )'Santa Montefiore brilliantly captures the intrigue and skulduggery of a country at war in a very absorbing romance.' (Red on Last Voyage of the Valentina )
‘Romantics will adore this story of yearning love.’
(Daily Express on The Swallow and the Hummingbird )'Engaging and charming'
(Penny Vincenzi, Mail on Sunday on The Butterfly Box )Product Description
Mischa knows what it is to be abandoned. His German father disappeared at the end of the war, leaving him and his mother to endure the hatred and contempt of all the French villagers, the two of them against the world. And his surrogate father vanishes too, with no word of explanation.
Mischa bears these scars into manhood. Only when his mother dies, revealing the existence of a priceless masterpiece, does he go on the trail of his own history. He makes a pilgrimage into the past, to that French village of his childhood, and there he uncovers the secret of the Gypsy Madonna.
Mischa bears these scars into manhood. Only when his mother dies, revealing the existence of a priceless masterpiece, does he go on the trail of his own history. He makes a pilgrimage into the past, to that French village of his childhood, and there he uncovers the secret of the Gypsy Madonna.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Plodding and slow,
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I hardly ever fail to finish a book but The Gypsy Madonna brought me close. I thought it would be a light fluffy read for my holidays but I was bored within the first few chapters. I kept going in the hope that htings would improve but the pacing never picked up and the main characters just became more and more annoying. The only saving grace for this book were the minor characters, such as the staff and guests at the hotel where much of the story plays out. The main characters were stiff and one dimensional. If you are looking for something like Joanne Harris' earlier books then dont look here!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Love story with underlying mystery,
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Another enjoyable read from Santa Montefiore, a love story with an underlying mystery. Mischa is the protagonist, born during WWII in France to Anouk and her German husband. After the liberation they are ostracized by the majority of the villagers in Maurillac where they live and work in a local chateau. Mischa has been severely effected and the trauma is thought to be the reason for his inability to speak. He has no friends apart from Pistou, a young ghost whom only he sees, a young local girl Claudine and Joy a regular guest at the chateau.
When Coyote a mysterious and enchanting American turns up at the chateau with his guitar he has a dramatic effect on the lives of Anouk and Mischa. So much changes with his arival and they leave France for a new life in America with him. It is only after his mother's death many years later that Mischa discovers and unravels a mystery from his childhood involving a valuable unrecorded painting by a famous artist. A good book to curl up with for an easy and relaxing read.
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I recently bought a. Book from the book factory i was asked2review my. Order and send feedback,unfortunately i hit the wrong rate button the service from the book factory was exellent and always is. I am realy sorry if iv upset anbody in anyway shape or form and wood like u2publish my email to ur forums once again i will be usin the book factory more often from now on. Thamkyou dimps x
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