Jene Tage In Lissabon

by Eileen Ramsay, Sonja Schuhmacher (Übersetzer), Katharina Förs (Übersetzer)

Sie hatte sich an Friedrichs Hand geklammert, einen Anflug von Hysterie in der Stimme, die Augen voller ungeweinter Tränen. "Sag es mir, Friedrich, bitte, sag es mir! Ich muss es hören." Da hatte er ihr gestanden, dass die Hafenpolizei in den frühen Morgenstunden die Leiche eines französischen Geschäftsmannes aus dem Tejo gezogen hatte. Die junge Kunstlehrerin Claire wartete an ihrem Hochzeitstag in Lissabon vergeblich auf ihren Liebsten... Viele Jahre später würde Lucy, ihre Enkelin, zu gern wissen, warum. Ein Koffer voller Briefe könnte ihr helfen, das Rätsel zu lösen. Bald stolpert Lucy in ein Abenteuer, das auch ihr Leben und ihre neue Liebe gefährdet...

Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Eileen Ainsworth was born on 16 December 1940 in the South-West of Scotland, where she brought up. She wrote since she was seven, but she decided become a teacher. After graduating she went to teach in the USA for a year - and stayed 18 years. She married Ian Ramsay, a Scottish mathematics scientist working on the first moon shots. They had two chidren. They returned to their native Scotland.

Her writing for children and adults has won several awards, including the Constable and Pitlochry trophies from the Scottish Association of Writers and the Romantic Novelists' Association's Elizabeth Goudge Award. In 2004 she was short listed for the Romantic Novel of the Year award.

Eileen is an honorary member of the Angus Writers Circle, was vice-president of the Scottish Association of Writers, a member of the Society of Authors and was on the committee of the Scottish branch for about six years and for four was the Secretary, and she was elected the twenty-seventh Chairman (2015-2017) of the Romantic Novelists' Association.

Reviews

[Maria Carmo · Rating 4 out of 5]

An amazing thriller which pleased me immensely. Once more, Lisbon as a scenery of second world war events and tragedy. The book is full of suspense almost till the end, and different romantic plots run parallel with the investigation to find a unique painting, hidden during the war to preserve it from being stolen by a Nazi family. Travels from Scotland to Hawaii, Vienna in Austria and Lisbon render the plot even more delightful and varied. It is the first time I read this Author and I really enjoyed the rhythm and "movie-like" quality of her story.

Maria Carmo,

Lisbon, 18th. March 2014.