Louis XV’s astronomer sails the seas to observe the transit of Venus; two and half centuries later his telescope draws a man to a woman. A new novel by the author of other, gently off-beat romantic comedies such as The Red Notebook.
An Astronomer in Love
£16.99
Edition:Hardback978191354746222/06/2023
Categories: 04. Spring Books 2023: Fiction, Fiction, Spring Books 2023
Tags: Fiction in Translation, France
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