Set in Italy during the summer of 1902, the story unfolds around the mysterious murder of Count Francesco Bonmartini, whose body is discovered in his locked apartment. The narrative delves into the complexities of his family ties, particularly focusing on his wife Linda, a freethinker entangled in a web of illicit relationships with her brother and father’s assistant. The plot thickens with themes of betrayal, anarchism, and the dark undercurrents of aristocratic life, revealing how familial bonds can lead to treachery and violence.
Christina Vella Boeken
Christina Vella was een vooraanstaand schrijfster en historica van het moderne Europa, wier werken zich verdiepten in ingewikkelde menselijke relaties en de verborgen stromingen van de geschiedenis. Vella's kenmerkende stijl verlichtte fascinerende levens en vaak over het hoofd geziene gebeurtenissen, en bood lezers doordringende inzichten in het verleden. Haar geschriften worden gewaardeerd om hun diepgang, nauwgezet onderzoek en de boeiende manier waarop ze historische figuren en verhalen tot leven bracht. Met haar proza onderzocht Vella thema's als macht, geheimen en de impact van individuen op het verloop van historische tijdperken.


"Luza's narrative gives a panoramic picture of the resistance and makes palpable the terror of living in attics, sheds, and holes dug in the woods, constantly hunted and nearly snared by betrayals and Gestapo raids. In courageously intimate terms, he reflects on his relationship with his stern father - whom Luza worshipped from afar until sharing rat-infested barns brought the consummate general and intellectual son closer together."--BOOK JACKET.