Blogs in January 1970

The Lady and the Unicorn 1st January 1970

Nicolas des Innocents has been commissioned by the Parisian nobleman Jean Le Viste to design a series of large tapestries for his great hall (in real life, the famous Lady and the Unicorn cycle, now in Paris’s Musee National...

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The Italian Wedding 1st January 1970

Pieta Martinelli’s sister is getting married. Since she is a bridal designer it falls to her to make the wedding gown. But Pieta is distracted by a series of unanswered questions. Why is her father feuding with another Italian...

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Like Water for Chocolate 1st January 1970

The number one bestseller in Mexico and America for almost two years, and subsequently a bestseller around the world, Like Water For Chocolate is a romantic, poignant tale, touched with moments of magic, graphic earthiness, bittersweet wit – and...

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The Servants’ Quarters 1st January 1970

This nove is set in South Africa in the 1950’s, and we see Cressida growing from a child into a woman. This is the story of how she faces the desires of her wayward mother, her father who has...

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That Summer in Sicily 1st January 1970

“At villa Donnafugata, long ago is never very far away,” writes bestselling author Marlena de Blasi of the magnificent if somewhat ruined castle in the mountains of Sicily that she stumbles upon one summer while traveling with her husband....

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