by Eva Ibbotson · Plaza & Janés · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401329951
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«El castillo del lago» is the romantic novel by Eva Ibbotson, published by Plaza & Janés in hardback (304 pages, in Spanish).
Tessa, an impoverished Austrian princess, retains her passion for music and an old castle by a lake. Guy, an orphan who amassed a fortune in England, buys the property to give it to his girlfriend Nerin. The opera Guy organizes at the castle will cross their paths and change their lives.
Novel translated from English by Ersi Samará; its original title, «Magic Flutes», appeared in 1982.
Aimed at readers of historical romance and period novels, with aristocratic protagonists and contrasting lives.
Eva Maria Charlotte Michelle Ibbotson was an Austrian-born British novelist, known for her children's literature. Some of her novels for adults have been reissued for the young adult market. The historical novel Journey to the River Sea won her the Smarties Prize in category 9–11 years, garnered an unusual commendation as runner-up for the Guardian Prize, and made the Carnegie, Whitbread, and Blue Peter shortlists. She was a finalist for the 2010 Guardian Prize at the time of her death. Her last book, The Abominables, was among four finalists for the same award in 2012.
