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Language English Pages 314 OCLC 3089379 Publisher Dodd, Mead and Company | 3.9/5 Goodreads Publication date 1977 ISBN 0-396-07458-8 Originally published 1977 Page count 314 Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Media type Print (Hardcover, Paperback) Genres Thriller, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance novel Similar Barbara Mertz books, Mystery books |
Wings of the Falcon is a thriller, historical romance novel by Barbara Michaels published originally in 1977.
Contents
The novel tells the story of Francesca who becomes entangled with the mysterious Il Falcone in a political plot in midst of Italian Revolution of 1860.
Synopsis
Set during Italian Risorgimento of 1860, Francesca Fairbourn arrives in Italy after she becomes an orphan to live with her mother's family. Her aristocratic Italian mother and English father had eloped which resulted in her getting disowned by her family. Francesca's mother died during her birth which left Francesca's father to raise her all alone. When she left school at 18 she lost her father and was in desperate situation until her dashing young cousin Andrea del Tarconti rescues her and sends her to Italy to the aristocratic home of Tarconti Castle. Once there Francesca finds herself intertwined in web of political intrigue as a local disguised hero named Il Falcone is helping peasants fight against tyrant rulers. Francesca realizes that the 'Il Falcone' is closer to her family than she thinks.