by Colleen McCullough · Arrow Books Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099536406
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«The Ladies of Missalonghi» is the historical novel by Colleen McCullough, published by Arrow Books Ltd in paperback (192 pages, in English).
The Hurlingford family dominates Byron, in the Australian Blue Mountains, thanks to an inheritance that always favors the men. Missy Wright, single and without means, lives with her widowed mother and aunt on the small property of Missalonghi, resigned to a gray life. The arrival of a divorcee from Sydney opens the door to a possible happy ending.
Suitable for readers of historical and romantic fiction, particularly for those already familiar with the Australian narrative of Colleen McCullough.
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.
