Lucinda Riley was born in 1965 in Ireland, and after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first book aged twenty-four. Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and continue to strike an emotional chord with all cultures around the world. The Seven Sisters series specifically has become a global phenomenon, creating its own genre, and there are plans to create a seven-season TV series.
Her books have been nominated for numerous awards, including the Italian Bancarella prize, The Lovely Books award in Germany, and the Romantic Novel of the Year award. In 2020 she received the Dutch Platinum award for sales over 300,000 copies for a single novel in one year – an award last won by J K Rowling for Harry Potter.
In collaboration with her son Harry Whittaker, she also devised a series of books for children called the Guardian Angels series, based on stories told to her children whenever they were facing a challenging situation. Harry then wrote the books, and they are now being published internationally.
Though she brought up her four children mostly in Norfolk in England, in 2015 she fulfilled her dream of buying a remote farmhouse in West Cork, Ireland, which she always felt was her spiritual home, and indeed this was where her last five books were written.
Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and died on June 11th 2021, surrounded by her family.
Tras una leyenda tailandesa, la acuarela de una exquisita orquídea y un diario olvidado se esconde la verdad que redimirá a tres generaciones de personajes inolvidables.
De niña, Julia Forrester pasaba horas en el invernadero de Wharton Park haciendo compañía a su abuelo, el jardinero de la hermosa mansión aristocrática. Años después, tras perder lo que más sentido daba a su vida, Julia busca consuelo en ese escenario que marcó su infancia. Pero Wharton Park es una sombra de sus días pasados y Kit Crawford, el último heredero de una gran familia, se ve obligado a ponerla en venta. Entre los objetos subastados se encuentra la acuarela de una rara orquídea, procedente de Tailandia, que pronto despertará en ella recuerdos enterrados. Poco después, un sorprendente hallazgo en las dependencias de los criados suscita nuevas preguntas que solo su abuela, antigua doncella de la finca, podrá responder.
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«Evocadora y desgarradora.»
Grazia UK
«Una conmovedora saga de gran envergadura que cautivará a los fans de La casa de Riverton, Rebeca y Downton Abbey.»
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Título : El secreto de la orquídea
EAN : 9788401353390
Editorial : PLAZA & JANES
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