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Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 The Lovers
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'On Bryan Cavanagh's birthday, a sealed letter from Rome arrives, bearing the arms of the ancient house of the Farnese di Mongrifone. Affectionate, even imperious, it is a summons from the woman he loved—and lost—in the turbulent, opportunistic world of postwar Europe.

'Beset by his memories of an extraordinary voyage on a private yacht on the Mediterranean forty years earlier, Bryan returns to Rome, where he discovers a closely guarded secret

'In The Lovers, Morris West spins a glowing thread of love lost and regained, woven through a rich tapestry of intrigue, betrayal, suspense and murder.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Allen & Unwin, 2017).

Notes

  • Dedication: For Joy, companion of so many voyages Earth-mother to a scattered family, and for Finn, latest addition to the tribe, with much, much love.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Heinemann , 1993 .
      Extent: 314p.
      ISBN: 0855615052
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Heinemann ,       1993 .
      Extent: 313, [1]p.p.
      ISBN: 0434858927
    • Port Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Mandarin ,       1993 .
      Extent: 313p.
      ISBN: 1863303316
    • New York (City), New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       D. I. Fine ,       1993 .
      Extent: 295p.
      Note/s:
      • Copyright date.
      ISBN: 1556113706
    • Thorndike, Maine,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Thorndike Press ,       1994 .
      Extent: 504p.
      Edition info: Large print.
      ISBN: 0786201010
    • Leicester, Leicestershire,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Charnwood ,       1994 .
      Extent: 421p.
      ISBN: 070898780X
    • Leicester, Leicestershire,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Ulverscroft ,       1994 .
      ISBN: 070898780X
    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2017 .
      image of person or book cover 2705326195642181906.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 320p.p.
      Note/s:

      • Published September 2017.

      ISBN: 9781760297732, 9781760638450
Alternative title: Hoi erastes
Language: Greek
    • Athens,
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      Greece,
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Bell ,       1993 .
      Extent: 347p.
      ISBN: 9604504096
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Works about this Work

Morris West Morris West , 1998 single work biography
— Appears in: An Eloquent Sufficiency : 50 Writers Talk about Life and Literature Over Lunch 1998; (p. 75-81)
The Sun Shines West Susan Chenery , 1993 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 February 1993; (p. 3)
A Master Storyteller Signs Off Mollie Missen , 1993 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 February 1993; (p. 44)
What's New in Books Pamela Ruskin , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Jewish News (Life/Style) , 7 May vol. 59 no. 32 1993; (p. 10)
— Review of The Lovers Morris West , 1993 single work novel ; Cleaning Up Bill Green , 1993 single work novel ; Crocodile on the Thames Peter Ferguson , 1993 single work novel
Classic West on Seas of Passion Leon Trainor , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 April 1993; (p. rev 5)
— Review of The Lovers Morris West , 1993 single work novel
Morris West's Last Intrigue Peter Pierce , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 27 February 1993; (p. 45)
— Review of The Lovers Morris West , 1993 single work novel
Not Quite West's Best Robin Lucas , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 9 March vol. 115 no. 5860 1993; (p. 87)
— Review of The Lovers Morris West , 1993 single work novel
Going West with Power and Money, Sin and Art John Hanrahan , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 March 1993; (p. 8)
— Review of The Lovers Morris West , 1993 single work novel
Last Hurrah from Superb Storyteller Len Ward , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 March 1993; (p. C9)
— Review of The Lovers Morris West , 1993 single work novel
West Hangs Up His Hat Doused with Syrupy Prose Katharine England , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser Magazine , 3 April 1993; (p. 7)
— Review of The Lovers Morris West , 1993 single work novel
A Master Storyteller Signs Off Mollie Missen , 1993 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 February 1993; (p. 44)
The Sun Shines West Susan Chenery , 1993 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 February 1993; (p. 3)
Morris West Morris West , 1998 single work biography
— Appears in: An Eloquent Sufficiency : 50 Writers Talk about Life and Literature Over Lunch 1998; (p. 75-81)
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Subjects:
  • Europe,
  • Vatican City,
    c
    Italy,
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
  • c
    Holy See,
    c
    c
    Italy,
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
Settings:
  • Europe,
  • Vatican City,
    c
    Italy,
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
  • 1950s
  • 1990s
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