An international lawyer is summoned back to his past by a letter. He relives the Cold War in Europe and the hot wars in Korea and Indo-China, and returns to a time when a victorious Britain was rationing food and divesting itself of its Empire. By the author of "The Devil's Advocate".
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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
From the author of The Shoes of the Fisherman comes this story of love lost then rediscovered on the warm seas of the Mediterranean.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Kirkus Reviews
Killing time before starting his civilian life, an Aussie sailor signs on with the crew of an American yacht and promptly falls in love with the owner's gorgeous, young fianc‚e--in a clever romance by a master entertainer. The Second World War has been over for seven years, but big, handsome Bryan Cavanaugh, late of His Majesty's Australian Navy, is still trying to figure out what to do with his life. He's gotten his law degree, but hanging out his shingle in Melbourne holds no appeal. Does he want Europe? The US? To support himself and his dithering, Bryan, a skilled shiphandler, has been bumming around the Med, doing whatever people will hire him to do. American millionaire Declan Molloy hires him to crew his grand new yacht, the Salamandra d'Oro. Molloy's a brooding, two-fisted rich guy who's decided to settle down long enough to marry into one of Europe's most distinguished families, the Farnesi of Italy and the Vatican. His fianc‚e, selected with the help of the Pope's closest advisors, is the astonishingly beautiful, thoroughly spoiled, and shockingly young Giulia Farnesi. The middle-class Cavanaugh finds himself in uncharted waters. Molloy's crew also includes a resourceful Cunard stewardess to relieve his sexual needs (since Giulia must remain a virgin), a couple of male American dancers, a philosophizing cook, and Molloy's lifelong Greco-American chum, who is rather more than chum. In addition to his relationship with the See of Rome, Molloy does business with the CIA--business that lands his dear friend in the hospital and puts young Bryan, badly smitten with Giulia, into the number one spot on the crew. When Molloy flies off to Naples to be with his battered pal, Giulia, Bryan, and Molloy's aristocratic guests have time to get into all sorts of interesting trouble. Very charming. It's an old song, but West (The Masterclass, 1991, etc. etc.) sure knows the words and has a great voice. (First printing of 125,000) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great love story,
By Anne (France) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Lovers (Thorndike Large Print Basic Series) (Paperback)
I just love this book. It is a mixture of suspense and romance that made impossible for me to stop reading it. The story takes place in post-war Mediterranean and talks about this handsome young australian who goes to Europe looking for some adventure before he starts his career in law. But he found more than adventures, he found a lovely young italian princess who was engaged to be marry to this rich american who joined the Bride's family to make some investments in the Med- islands. Although they fall in love, she is pressured to marry this man for his influence in the Catholic Church and his money. Now, she has to choose between the love of her life and the duty to please her family.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A cruise to nowhere,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Lovers (Paperback)
After reading the professional reviews above, I'm wondering if I read the same book. They - and the cover of my book - talk about the lovers being reunited by a "deadly secret." There is no deadly secret. There isn't a moment of suspense in this book. The only mystery is what these two people saw in each other because West never creates any kind of chemistry between them. Tom Clancy writes better love scenes! As for the international intrigue, it also never plays out. It's as if West was afraid to bring any part of this book to life. Everything is muted until you just don't care any more.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very interesting characters and a seductive and skillful young man on a luxury ship in the Mediterranean,
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This review is from: The Lovers (Paperback)
Cavanagh is a character that can make women dream, an attractive, efficient and adventurous ex-Navy man.
It is very interesting to read about all the situations an all the characters he faces during the summer he works as a second officer of a private luxury ship. Morris West is a great novelist who knows how to catch the reader's attention with his wit, shrewdness and knowledge of people's relationships. He also takes the reader on a trip through the sunny Mediterranean and its ports in the 1950s. Highly recommended!
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