Santa Montefiore is the women’s fiction queen, selling six million copies internationally of her heart-warming emotional sagas set in exotic places that have been described as “beach read blockbusters.”
Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and today on The Joys of Binge Reading we’ve got a delightful treat – Santa Montefiore. She has published a book a year since 2001, and we’re talking about two of her latest on the show today – An Italian Girl in Brooklyn, a World War II story of loss and restoration, and the latest in her hugely popular Irish historical series the Deverills, The Distant Shores.
But before we get to that, some of our usual housekeeping. We’ve got our usual book giveaway this week – Justice Served – a historical and mystery groups giveaway. Details in the show notes for this episode on the website, www.thejoysofbingereading.com.
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Links to topics mentioned in show:
Deverill family series: https://www.goodreads.com/series/152817-deverill-chronicles
Giorgio Bassani: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/31655/giorgio-bassani
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/57509/the-garden-of-the-finzi-continis-by-giorgio-bassani-trans--jamie-mckendrick/9780141188362
An Italian Girl in Brooklyn: https://santamontefiore.co.uk/books/an-italian-girl-in-brooklyn/
The Distant Shores: https://santamontefiore.co.uk/books/the-distant-shores/
Love in the Time of Cholera: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9712.Love_in_the_Time_of_Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13450.Gabriel_Garc_a_M_rquez
Deverill Chronicles in order: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/santa-montefiore/deverill-chronicles/
Secrets of the Lighthouse: https://santamontefiore.co.uk/books/secrets-of-the-lighthouse/
The Bridges of Madison County: https://www.amazon.com/Bridges-Madison-County-Robert-Waller/dp/1455554286
Theo Fennell Jewelry: https://www.theofennell.com/
Ralph Lauren: https://www.ralphlauren.co.uk/
Howard Shore Lord Of The Rings Soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4B1LwNM5DA
Penny Vincenzi: https://www.pennyvincenzi.com/
Sarah Waters: https://www.sarahwaters.com/
Daphne du Maurier: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18869978-hungry-hill
Isabelle Allende: http://isabelallende.com/en/books
Edith Wharton: https://www.edithwharton.org/discover/published-works/
Elizabeth Von Armin: The Enchanted April; https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3077.The_Enchanted_April
Fingersmith: https://www.sarahwaters.com/titles/sarah-waters/fingersmith/9781860498831/
JoJo Moyes, The Giver Of Stars: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43925876-the-giver-of-stars
Joseph O’Connor, Star Of The Sea; https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/147848.Star_of_the_Sea
The Royal Rabbits series (written with her husband Simon Montefiore): https://santamontefiore.co.uk/books/the-royal-rabbits-of-london/
Where to find Santa Montefiore:
Website: www.santamontefiore.co.uk
Twitter: @SantaMontefiore
Instagram: @santamontefioreofficial
Facebook: @SantaMontefiorebooks
What follows is a "near as" transcript of our conversation, not word for word but pretty close to it, with links to the show notes in The Joys of Binge Reading.com for important mentions.But now, here’s Santa.
Introducing author Santa Montefiore
Jenny Wheeler: Hello there, Santa,