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Fiction & Literature

Tango in Madeira

A Dance of Life, Love and Death

Set in Madeira after WWI, a disillusioned ex-soldier tries to rescue his family’s failing wine business as the island fills with real figures of the era — an exiled emperor, Agatha Christie at Reid’s Hotel, George Bernard Shaw learning to tango — and a murder draws him in.

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Who this edition suits

Best for: A reader after historical intrigue and island atmosphere.

A troubled wine business, a murder and postwar Madeira bring several strands of the island’s social setting into one novel.

Consider: Its real historical figures are part of a fictional plot; use a history book for factual claims.

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Author
Jim Williams
Edition year
2013
Publisher
Marble City Publishing
Language
English
ISBN-13
9781908943163

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