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A Heart's Odyssey
157 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1990
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May 26, 2008
an absolute charmer that i must hunt down and buy more of. Macvicar came to Greece as a young gunner, met the enchanting Marila with whom he fell in love, fought his war, came back and proposed. Under the guise of family duties, Marila was whisked away for an 8 months separation which their love survived. He came back and they married in her home (and now mine), the enchanted and enchanting city of Corfu which is exquisitely and movingly described in Macvicar's wonderful prose that classical scholars seems to be pull off. Marila's family was/is one of the distinguished Old Corfiot families and includes the distinction of 'owning' the miraculously preserved figure of none other than the island's own saint, St Spyridion.
It's only just over 150 pages but such is the author's skill and eye for exactly the right detail, that when I looked up from the last page, it was as if I had been transported back over the centuries and lived a magical history lesson.
It's only just over 150 pages but such is the author's skill and eye for exactly the right detail, that when I looked up from the last page, it was as if I had been transported back over the centuries and lived a magical history lesson.
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