{"product_id":"9781460763070","title":"The Italian Correspondent","description":"Author: Belinda Alexandra\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781460763070\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 31 Mar 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 400\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePast loves are like ghosts. They haunt you forever.\u003c\/em\u003e The stunning new novel from the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Masterpiece \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eTuscan Rose.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI was war-weary, sad and officially divorced - and that was a recipe for recklessness.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRome, 1951. Veronica Gold is in the city as the correspondent for \u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e magazine. As Italy tries to shake off its dark fascist past and promote itself as the most glamorous nation in Europe, Veronica is trying to forget the horrific memories of her time as a war reporter attached to the Eighth Army at the brutal height of the Second World War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut just as she hopes to lose herself in la dolce vita, three men appear in her life: Lyle Cooper, her ex-husband and an American diplomat; Marcello Fabbri, an archaeologist and one-time partisan now working in the ruins of Pompeii; and the dashing Count Carlo Durazzo, husband of Veronica's estranged friend, the enigmatic heiress Emerald Evergreen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplicated feelings arise, but before Veronica can resolve them, one of these three men is murdered. Veronica is quickly drawn into a sphere of spies and a world on the edge of nuclear war, one where nothing and nobody is quite as they seem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Belinda Alexandra is a master at keeping the pages turning' \u003cem\u003eHerald Sun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46795782914206,"sku":"HPC-9781460763070","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781460763070.jpg?v=1778027407","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781460763070","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}