Bibliograph

The vineyard, Maria Duenas ; translation by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia

Type

Label

The vineyard, Maria Duenas ; translation by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 763-768)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The vineyard

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

992743506

Responsibility statement

Maria Duenas ; translation by Nick Caistor and Lorenza Garcia

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print basic

Summary

Mauro Larrea's fortune, the result of years of hardship and toil, comes crashing down on the heels of a calamitous event. Swamped by debt and uncertainty, he gambles the last of his money in a daring play that wins him an abandoned house and a vineyard an ocean away. Mauro travels to Andalusia de Jerez in Spain with every intention of selling the property and returning to Mexico. That is, until he meets the unsettling Soledad Montalvo, the wife of a London wine merchant, who bursts into his life unannounced, determined to protect her family's legacy. Before long, Larrea finds himself immersed in the rich culture of the sherry trade. As his feelings for Soledad ripen into a consuming passion, he seeks to restore the vineyard to its former glory. From the turbulent young Mexican republic to flourishing Havana, and onward to the fertile vineyards of Jerez in the second half of the nineteenth century, Maria Duenas's new novel takes place on both sides of the Atlantic, the New World and the Old

Classification