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    <body><![CDATA[Another book about a house with a dark past -- and another reference to Jane Eyre!<br/><br/>Set in Tuscany in 1958, Adam - an art history undergrad - goes off to stay at a villa to study the sculpture in the gardens for his thesis.  As he uncovers the message of the gardens, and subsequently a cri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8170197">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book uses the magic and allure of Tuscany to its advantage by setting a taut mystery within one of the region’s gardens. Mills does a great job of setting the stage for his mystery…which is much more psychological than action. Mills’ main character, Adam Strickland, is a Cambridge grad st...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7576561">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Despite the very slow pace of this novel I found it hugely atmospheric. Maybe especially so because I know some of the places mentioned personally, A particular favourite being Bomarzo, The Sacred Wood. <br/><br/>Will definitely appeal to lovers of Italy, Gardens their histories and thrillers. It ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22911379">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Andrew Strickland is a somewhat unfocused art history student at Cambridge University. His work is rather lackadaisical, drawing heavily on his source material without coming to many original conclusions. He prefers to spend his days drinking with friends and has given little thought to his thesis. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5373224">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A quick, easy and absorbing read with a mildly compelling plot and an interesting cast of characters. I wasn't too impressed with the quality of the writing, though; one of the reviews quoted on the jacket makes the rather outlandish claim that it's of Booker nominee standard, but there's noticeable...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39203020">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Young art scholar Adam Strickland is sent to Italy by his thesis adviser to study a Renaissance garden built by a Florentine banker in memory of his wife, who died in 1548 under mysterious circumstances. The garden, filled with statues, a temple and grotto, is indeed interesting as art. But it becom...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50873788">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book –that I thought was a romantic tale- provided a nice surprise.  Well written, the romantic overtones tempered by some irony and an interesting plot.  There are three time frames:  the Renaissance, the end of WW II and 1958.  Adam, an art student from Cambridge, is set by his professor wi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47246556">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was another great recommendation from Shannon.  There were so many things to like about this novel: the setting in Tuscany, the art/literature/mythological history, the multiple intrigues - all in all, a great read that was both entertaining and even a bit educational as well.  The ending had a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74058197">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I agree with many of the other reviews: slow paced, but the atmosphere and the story's setting in beautiful Tuscany, a place I have visited, created by Mark Mills more than makes up for the pacing. It is also extremely erudite: a cultured and well-written story. Well done Mr. Mills. I enjoyed it.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64065970">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an unusual book abut an English college student in the 1950's who goes to Italy to write a thesis on a Renaissance garden that still exists.  The garden was created by the original owner of the attached house in memory of his dead wife.  The student quickly figures out that all is not as it ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70302007">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In 1958, Cambridge architecture student Adam Strickland is studying a Tuscan Renaissance garden for his thesis.  He becomes equally intrigued by the death not so long ago of the villa owner’s oldest son at the hands of the German occupiers at the end of WWII.  As a murder mystery this is a three s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73392946">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A darkly provocative mystery set in the Tuscan hills; clue by clue the mystery of the ancient garden is revealed; and a more recent murder.  Fun! Fun! Fun!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In 1958, art student Adam travels to Italy to research his thesis, the subject of which is the Renaissance garden of a Tuscan villa. He becomes embroiled in solving two murders, 400 years apart. This is quite a slow moving novel in which not a huge amount really happens. However there's enough to ke...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71868369">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this book...but not so much the ending. Which i won't give away. It felt as though Mills wrote this fantastic beginning, middle, near end...and then wasn't quite sure how to wrap it up. Although it made sense, that ending, i wanted a bit more out of it, a bit more mystery.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47833384">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wonder what the best selling book of this author is like after reading this. Certain elements were delivered with beautiful detail while others seemed to set the story in a vague and uncertain setting. My largest complaint with this narrative was with the time in which the story was to have taken ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35577068">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was so excited to read this.  I had read Amagansett last year and loved it.  I was disappointed in this one.  The idea behind this was extraordinary.  A art history student is invited to Italy to figure out the meaning behind an extravagant garden and the placement of statues within the grounds.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33877300">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[About three years ago, British author Mark Mills debuted with &quot;Amagansett&quot;, a critically acclaimed murder mystery set in post-World War II Long Island, notable in the off-the-beaten track setting and period and in Mill's slick and sophisticated prose. But where &quot;Amagansett&quot; meand...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31203086">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Savage Garden was not a bad crime fiction novel but did not have enough tension in the plot to keep me absorbed for a majority of the book. I found the second half better, although I probably read the book too much stop and start, contributing to my supposition of non-cohesiveness. <br/><br/>A...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27614742">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a story about Adam, a student whose college professor sends him to do a thesis on an ancient memorial garden at a villa near Florence where he spent some time many years before. It is 1958 and Mark finds the villa and the garden affecting right from the start, as is his hostess, the enigmati...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23599775">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Savage Garden is the story of Adam Strickland, who is given a great chance to do some research for a thesis project in Tuscany. There he gets to know the family of Signora Docci, who live in a villa built in the 16th century by an ancestor.  Within the villa is a beautiful garden that is to be the t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15241555">more...</a>]]></body>
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