Description

Book entitled “Zakinthi in the Sanctuary of Conte” by Theofania Vasilaki-Andronikou. Zakynthos 1860 A young girl, with torn clothes and legs bleeding from the wounds, runs into darkness and desperately prefers to find death at sea than to fall into the ruthless hands of those who pursue her. Vienna 1883 Countess Anna Maria, leaving her last breath, confesses to her son a terrible secret. Shocked, he decides to settle in Zakynthos to discover the truth, which he could not have imagined even in his worst nightmare. Athens 2018 Anthi, a descendant of a fallen family of kontis from Zakynthos, comes face to face with one of the most powerful businessmen on the island. His goal is to expropriate her last asset, the plot with the cemetery of her ancestors. Her stubborn refusal arouses suspicions and reinforces rumors that scary secrets are buried in the cemetery. The old notebook that Anthi discovers in one of the stone tombs is the reason for her unwittingly finding herself at the center of a shocking adventure. Unraveling the tangle of her family history, she penetrates into the sanctuary of the mighty conte di Augusto, where his beautiful only daughter Zakinthi, a tragic victim of the situation, lived. Page by page, Anthi is drawn into the vortex of an era characterized by pure, indomitable love, unsurpassed class differences, countless crimes and even more dark secrets. The shocking revelations she will face will change her life forever.

Dimensions : 20.3 x 14.8cm Height: 3.5cm