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1978, 2000: In the Eternal City, no secret stays hidden forever…
Two Women in Rome
What you need to know before your trail
Lottie Archer arrives in Rome excited to begin her new job as an archivist. When she discovers a valuable fifteenth-century painting, she is drawn to find out more about the woman who left it behind, Nina Lawrence.
Nina seems to have led a rewarding and useful life, restoring Italian gardens to their full glory following the destruction of World War Two. So why did no one attend her funeral in 1978?
In exploring Nina’s past, Lottie unravels a tragic love story beset by the political turmoil of post-war Italy. And as she edges closer to understanding Nina, she begins to confront the losses in her own life.
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BookTrail it to Rome with Two Women
“Lottie took to the Roman streets and the tourist buses and it turned out to be a pilgrimage of discovery -the classical ruin, the elaborate church, the boastful palazzos, the street fountain, the seduction of Roman ice cream , the shops.”
The archive Espatriati is fictional having been invented by the author as its location. She also hopes that the Via Guilia will forgive her! (You have to read the book to find out of course).
There is also no Duchy of Pallianno or a hilltop town of the same name
Trastevere is a real area of the city but there is ot retirement home where Cardinal Dino.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: Two Women in Rome
Destination/location: Rome Author/guide: Elizabeth Buchan Departure Time: 1978, 2000s
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