The Empress Emerald - Softcover

Harlond, J G

Softcover

ISBN 10: 194275678X ISBN 13: 9781942756781

Publisher: Penmore Press LLC, 2016

Synopsis

Abandoned as a child in a Bombay orphanage, Leo Kazan’s life takes an unanticipated turn when he becomes the protégé of Sir Lionel Pinecoffin, the city’s District Political Officer in Bombay. Under Pinecoffin’s tutelage, the boy, adept at learning languages and theft, is trained as a spy and becomes immersed in international espionage, revolutionary politics, and diamond smuggling. In 1918, during a visit to London, he has a brief but memorable affair with a young English woman Davina Dymond in London before leaving for Russia.
Separated, their lives take different turns. As he matures Leo begins to question his family history, seeking to uncover the truth about his parents. A pregnant Davina is married off and exiled to Spain, where she gives birth to Leo’s daughter. They are fated to meet again in Gibraltar in 1936, their love rekindled. But a new war plunges Europe into crisis, the Spanish Civil War tearing them apart, leaving, Leo and Davina in a fight to reclaim their lives and their love amid the violent storms of war.  

“An epic and enthralling novel of love and separation, betrayal and treachery, which sweeps the reader across continents from India and Russia to Spain and England. Individual lives are torn apart by the flood of war and political manipulation, yet even as they struggle in that drowning tide, Leo and Davina discover their own identities and place of belonging. Cinematic, with a rich tapestry of colour and characters.’

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About the Author

Jane G. Harlond is the author of 'The Empress Emerald' (Famelton Publishing 2014) and 'The Chosen Man', published by Knox Robinson Publishing (2012). Jane is a full-time author, whose fiction examines aspects of how time and place influence a person’s life-choices and identity. She is a member of the prestigious Historical Writers’ Association and a consultant for Famelton Writing Services. Apart from fiction, Jane has also written an IGCSE English school text book for OUP and educational material for Pearson and Penguin under her married name, Arredondo. Jane grew up in Devon and studied in Bristol, Portsmouth and the U.S.A. before finishing her academic studies with an M.A. in Social and Political Thought at the University of Sussex. She has lived and worked in various different European countries and is married to a Spanish naval officer. They now live in rural Andalucia and their large family is scattered across Europe.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penmore Press LLC
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 194275678X
• ISBN 13: 9781942756781
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 434