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The Marchesa Books
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From the award-winning and internationally acclaimed author of The Almond Picker comes this sumptuous family saga set in nineteenth-century Sicily. Costanza Safamita is the beloved daughter of the Baron Domenico Safamita: Red-haired, gawky, and shy, she is considered an outsider by many on her family's estate. But when her adoring father makes her the sole heir to the Safamita fortune, she finds herself plunged into the glittering world of Palermo society, and into the arms of a depraved husband. As Costanza...
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Description: New York: Abrams, 2009. 29cm., hardcover, 239pp. prof. illus., most in color. During the first half of the twentieth century, the Marchesa Luisa Casati (1881-1957) was Europe's most notorious celebrity. Her extravagant lifestyle, eccentric personality, and scandalous escapades captivated and inspired some of the most influential artists of her time. She was painted by Boldini and Augustus John, sketched by Drian and Alastair, and photographed by Man Ray and Cecil Beaton, among others...
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Very clean rust brown boards with beige cloth spine, green title box with gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers illustrated with maps. Tasteful previous owner bookplate on half-title page; no other marks. 278 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, has tiny nick at base of spine edge, hint of wear at top edge, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A thrilling and dramatic story for young...
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The Marchesa
Costanza Safamita, beloved daughter of Baron Domenico Safamita, is a precious but unusual child. Redhaired, gawky, and shy, she is considered an outsider by many on the family estate, but her adoring father makes her sole heir to the Safamita fortune, and then everything changes - for them and for her. Now she must conquer glittering, alien Palermo - where, uncertain of her future, she falls in love with a charming, dissolute young marchese whose sexual appetite she fears she cannot satiate. The...
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