Ike and Kay
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Ike and Kay is a thrilling tale of wartime romance, brimming with love, duty, sacrifice and heartbreak, set against the backdrop of the most tumultuous period of the twentieth century.
James MacManus è l'autore di "Black Venus", un romanzo vivido che esplora la relazione tra Charles Baudelaire e la sua amante Jeanne Duval. Duval, una cantante di cabaret haitiana, ispirò le poesie più famose e controverse di Baudelaire. Ambientato nella Parigi del diciannovesimo secolo, il romanzo di MacManus approfondisce questa avvincente connessione e la sua eredità artistica. Le sue opere precedenti includono "On the Broken Shore" e "Ocean Devil", una biografia di George Hogg che è stata adattata in un film.



Ike and Kay is a thrilling tale of wartime romance, brimming with love, duty, sacrifice and heartbreak, set against the backdrop of the most tumultuous period of the twentieth century.
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