Black Roses (novel)
Black Roses is a 1929 novel by the British writer Francis Brett Young.[1] Paul Ritchie an English painter is on a cruise around the Mediterranean, when the ship pulls into Naples. This sparks his memories of many decades before when he had lived in the city and found friendship with a fellow artist and love with their landlady. However all three were struck down during a cholera epidemic of which only Ritchie survived. Without ever setting foot back in the city, he is finally able to banish the ghosts that have haunted him all these years.
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Author | Francis Brett Young |
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Language | English |
Genre | Drama |
Publisher | Heinemann |
Publication date | 1 January 1929 |
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During the 1920s Young spent a great deal of his time in Capri. He generally set his novels in places he knew well as seen with his East African and Mercian novels.
References
- Hall p.16
Bibliography
- Michael Hall. Francis Brett Young. Seren, 1997.
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