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She sat up and switched on the light, told herself not to be such a drama queen.

She sat up and switched on the light, told herself not to be such a drama queen ave chosen a better room. Five-star insomnia was guaranteed at La Rocca. Like all the rooms in the house, this one was high-ceilinged, with lofty beams and tall windows shuttered against the chill night air. There was not much furniture, but the few pieces were exquisite: a huge half-canopy antique bed, an eighteenth-century painted wardrobe complete with dancing nymphs and swags.

She became one of the angels of the flood, helping to restore Florence, and in the process she fell in love with the city-as well as with David, one of her fellow volunteers. She also forged a transformative friendship with a local girl, Francesca

She became one of the angels of the flood, helping to restore Florence, and in the process she fell in love with the city-as well as with David, one of her fellow volunteers. She also forged a transformative friendship with a local girl, Francesca. But a shattering accident left Francesca dead and forced Kate to return to England. Now a successful art conservator, Kate is plunged back into her Florentine past. David turns up at one of her lectures, and she confides to him that an anonymous dealer has been sending her some unsettling paintings.

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Joanna Hines was born in London

Joanna Hines was born in London. She read history at Somerville College, Oxford, then studied at the LSE. She divides her time between London and Cornwall, and is the author of, among others, IMPROVISING CARLA and SURFACE TENSION.

Select Format: Hardcover. ISBN13: 9780743247993.

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Despite unhappy memories of the 1967 Florence flood, Kate is drawn back to Italy to investigate. Format Paperback 409 pages

Despite unhappy memories of the 1967 Florence flood, Kate is drawn back to Italy to investigate. Format Paperback 409 pages. Dimensions 150 x 228 x 36mm 42. 4g. Publication date 31 Mar 2004. Publisher Simon & Schuster Ltd. Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom.

Angels of the flood is the book which draws most on my own experience. Like Kate Holland, I spent some time helping with the clean-up after the terrible flood of 1966. The details of her experience working in the Uffizi and the Baptistry are the same as mine, though luckily her friendship with the Franscesca and the Bertoni Family are entirely fictional. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.

Joanna Hines is a British author of fiction and non-fiction. She has published a number of acclaimed novels, including Improvising Carla which was dramatised for UK television. She studied at Somerville College, Oxford. She was a Royal Literary Fund fellow at St Mary's University. Her mother was the first wife of writer Lawrence Durrell. She now publishes non-fiction under her maiden name, Joanna Hodgkin. Dora's Room London : Coronet Books, 1993.