Elizabeth Edmondson
Born in Chile, and educated in Calcutta and London before going to Oxford University, Elizabeth Edmondson divided her time between the countryside north of Rome and the spires of Oxford. She was married to an art historian and had two children.
In Edmondson's words: "I write historical mysteries about love, marriage families and friendship, where the loyalties, feuds, secrets and betrayals of the past cast long shadows. I’m fascinated by characters who are quirky, mysterious, funny, unexpected and interesting and I want readers to share, as I do, in their joys and sorrows.
"My books are set in the Thirties, Forties and Fifties, at home and abroad. With dramatic and glamorous settings from icy lakes to Italian villas, from wintry Budapest to fashionable France, the landscapes are as powerful as the stories are complex. The tense realities of life mingle with supernatural elements : ghosts, prophetic dreams and voices from the past, but fun and humour also dance in and out of the light and darkness of the stories.
"My aim is to enthrall, delight and amuse readers as they are transported to a different era."
“Um coração destroçado recupera? As pessoas refazem-se da perda do amor da vida delas? Ou o tempo cura tudo porque há mais marés que marinheiros?~2”
“Porque é que fazemos as coisas que fazemos? Porque é que damos tantas vezes cabo das nossas vidas fazendo coisas que na altura parecem fazer sentido apesar de uma vozinha nos murmorar ao ouvido que estamos a cometer um grande erro?”
“Podes viver a tua vida para agradar os outros e nunca te sentires completamente bem, totalmente viva, ou podes viver a vida que queres para agradar a ti própria.”
“Observou a doce ondulação das águas a rebentar na praia. Porque é que o mar sempre em movimento era tão calmante, tão infinitamente sedutor?”
“Eram pequenos nadas que faziam com que a vida valesse afinal a pena.”