<p><b>A beautifully atmospheric new tale from the prize-winning, bestselling novelist Elizabeth Buchan.</b><br><b><br>In the Eternal City, no secret stays hidden forever...</b><br><br>Lottie Archer arrives in Rome excited newly married and ready for change as she takes up a job as an archivist. When she discovers a valuable fifteenth-century painting, she is drawn to find out more about the woman who left it behind, Nina Lawrence.<br><br> Nina seems to have led a rewarding and useful life, restoring Italian gardens to their full glory following the destruction of World War Two. So why did no one attend her funeral in 1978?<br><br> In exploring Nina''s past, Lottie unravels a tragic love story beset by the political turmoil of post-war Italy. And as she edges closer to understanding Nina, and the city draws her deeper into its life, she is brought up against a past which will come to shape her own future.<br><br><br><b>Praise for Elizabeth Buchan:</b><br><br><b>''It''s a gem of a book..