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An Italian princess who went from spending her life in the most lavish palaces to being interned in a Nazi concentration camp, and was almost written out of the history books: Mafalda of Savoy.
Weimar, 1945. Just after the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp, seven men from the Italian Royal Navy enter the cemetery of the German city and head to a grim section covered with numbered stakes. Once there, they seek out the stake that has demanded hard work and good luck, in equal measure, to locate: number 262 where, according to the register, lie the remains of an unbekannte Frau (‘unknown woman’). When they pull out the stake, they see a previously hidden name that confirms the great significance of their mission. They substitute the simple stake with a stone and wooden cross made of beech obtained through bartering during those early days of peace. The tomb is now complete, and that somber number has been converted into a name of noble lineage and carved with care: Mafalda of Savoy.
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Ana Andreu Baquero was born and grew up in Albacete. She has a degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Murcia, and another one in Translation and Interpreting from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. As well as Spanish, her mother tongue, she speaks English, Italian, German and Catalan. She has worked a teacher and a translator for many years. In 2010, she published her first book, a collection of literary anecdotes and curiosities titled What Robinson Crusoe told Lolita. Her debut historical novel is The princess of Buchenwald. She currently lives in Barcelona, although in the past she spent a lot of time living in Great Britain, Germany and Italy.
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- Publisher/Imprint Libros de Seda S.L. / Histórica
- Publication Date March 2023
- Orginal LanguageSpanish
- ISBN/Identifier 9788417626976
- Publication Country or regionSpain
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 19.95 EUR
- Pages416
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusUnpublished
- Original Language TitleLa princesa de Buchenwald; La historia olvidada de Mafalda de Saboya
- Edition1
- Copyright Year2023
- Page size150x220 (150x220) cm
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