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Australia, finales del siglo XIX. Alexander Kinross - un escocés que ha enterrado sus humildes orígenes tras amasar una enorme fortuna en Estados Unidos y Australia- pide la mao de la joven Elizabeth Drummond. Con apenas dieciséis años, ésta se ve obligada a dejar su Escocia natal para casarse con un completo desconocido. Ni la brillantez,k ni el dinero o la insistencia de Kinross logran que la muchacha sea feliz en su matrimonio.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Colleen McCullough
- First published
- April 2005
- Pages
- 576
- Publisher
- France Loisirs, Tyto alba, Simon & Schuster Audio
- Editions
- 23
- Language
- Spanish, English, lit, French
- ISBN
- 9789044311372
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“YOUR COUSIN Alexander has written for a wife," said James Drummond, looking up from a sheet of paper.”
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