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  • Hotel Portofino, Book 1
  • By: J. P O’Connell
  • Narrated by: Esther Wane
  • Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (16 ratings)
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Summary

***NOW A MAJOR ITV DRAMA***

A heady historical drama about a British family who open an upper-class hotel on the magical Italian Riviera during the ‘Roaring 20s’.

Hotel Portofino has been open for only a few weeks, but already the problems are mounting for its owner Bella Ainsworth. Her high-class guests are demanding and hard to please. And she’s being targeted by a scheming and corrupt local politician, who threatens to drag her into the red-hot cauldron of Mussolini’s Italy.

To make matters worse, her marriage is in trouble, and her children are still struggling to recover from the repercussions of the Great War. All eyes are on the arrival of a potential love match for her son Lucian, but events don’t go to plan, which will have far reaching consequences for the whole family.

Set in the breathtakingly beautiful Italian Riviera, Hotel Portofino is a story of personal awakening at a time of global upheaval and of the liberating influence of Italy’s enchanting culture, climate and cuisine on British ‘innocents abroad’, perfect for fans of Downton Abbey and The Crown.
©2021 J. P O’Connell (P)2021 Simon & Schuster Audio
Holidays World War II
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Interesting read good story

I love Italy so was intrigued to read this. A good look at upstairs downstairs life and prejudice in the 20s

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Beautiful picture of Villa Balbianello on Lago di Como on the book cover.
Portofino? I think not!

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Trite and boring I’m afraid!

I really struggled to finish this book. The characters are shallow and undeveloped and the whole story lacks depth and complexity. The complete lack of descriptive text about such a staggeringly beautiful part of Italy means that it could have been called Hotel Wet Margate with very few changes to the story. Thoroughly disappointing for me

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