by Colleen Mccullough · tapa dura · ISBN 9788466626217
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«El desafío» is the historical novel by Colleen McCullough, published by Ediciones B in hardcover (544 pages, in Spanish).
In late nineteenth-century Australia, Elizabeth Drummond, a sixteen-year-old Scotswoman, marries Alexander Kinross, a wealthy compatriot. A prisoner in a remote mansion, she endures a loveless marriage while tension grows with her husband, who does not hide an extramarital affair. Elizabeth will try to find her place there.
Original title: The Touch. Translation by Fernando Mateo. This edition belongs to the Histórica collection from Ediciones B.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and period dramas who appreciate the narrative of Colleen McCullough, author of The Thorn Birds.
Colleen McCullough was an Australian author. Raised in Sydney, she trained as a neurophysiologist and spent her early career working at hospitals and universities in Australia and overseas. In 1974, while working as a research assistant at the Yale School of Medicine, she published her first novel Tim. Her second novel, The Thorn Birds, was published in 1977 and became an international bestseller. It sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and was adapted into a successful television miniseries.
