Overview
La autora del fenómeno editorial La villa de las telas regresa con una romántica novela ambientada en África Oriental a comienzos del siglo XX.
Charlotte Dirksen sueña con salir al mundo y viajar a países exóticos, pero no siente prisa por casarse.
Tiene veintidós años cuando Christian Otten, un hombre bastante mayor que ella, le pide la mano. Fascinada por su tienda, en la que vende especias exóticas, tabaco y productos de ultramar, acepta la proposición. Y pronto se arrepiente profundamente, porque Christian la engaña y está al borde de la ruina.
Charlotte sabe que la única posibilidad de mirar hacia el futuro es marcharse de Alemania y empezar una nueva vida lejos de allí...
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The author of the publishing phenomenon The Cloth Villa returns with a romantic novel set in East Africa at the beginning of the 20th century.
Charlotte Dirksen dreams of seeing the world and traveling to exotic countries, but she feels no urgency to marry.
She is twenty-two years old when Christian Otten, a man considerably older than she is, asks for her hand in marriage. Fascinated by his shop, where he sells exotic spices, tobacco, and overseas goods, she accepts his proposal. She soon comes to deeply regret it, however, as Christian deceives her and is on the brink of ruin.
Charlotte knows that her only chance to face the future is to leave Germany and begin a new life far away…
Charlotte Dirksen sueña con salir al mundo y viajar a países exóticos, pero no siente prisa por casarse.
Tiene veintidós años cuando Christian Otten, un hombre bastante mayor que ella, le pide la mano. Fascinada por su tienda, en la que vende especias exóticas, tabaco y productos de ultramar, acepta la proposición. Y pronto se arrepiente profundamente, porque Christian la engaña y está al borde de la ruina.
Charlotte sabe que la única posibilidad de mirar hacia el futuro es marcharse de Alemania y empezar una nueva vida lejos de allí...
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The author of the publishing phenomenon The Cloth Villa returns with a romantic novel set in East Africa at the beginning of the 20th century.
Charlotte Dirksen dreams of seeing the world and traveling to exotic countries, but she feels no urgency to marry.
She is twenty-two years old when Christian Otten, a man considerably older than she is, asks for her hand in marriage. Fascinated by his shop, where he sells exotic spices, tobacco, and overseas goods, she accepts his proposal. She soon comes to deeply regret it, however, as Christian deceives her and is on the brink of ruin.
Charlotte knows that her only chance to face the future is to leave Germany and begin a new life far away…
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