The Violins of Saint-Jacques

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Remarks on Condition : Condition: Very Good, Dust jacket: very good, In good condition

The Violins of Saint-Jacques is a novel by Patrick Leigh Fermor, published in 1953 by Murray & Verschoyle. It is a tale of the Antilles, set on the fictional island of Saint-Jacques, where a French aristocratic family lives in a colonial mansion overlooking a busy port and a volcano. The novel is narrated by an English traveller who meets an elderly Frenchwoman on an Aegean island and learns about her past on Saint-Jacques. The novel culminates with the eruption of the volcano on the night of the Mardi Gras ball, destroying the island and its inhabitants. The novel is a rare and exotic sweep of colour across the drab monochrome of the post-war years, and it has lost nothing of its original flavour. It has 139 pages. Additional remarks: First edition, second printing in 1953. Map endpapers. Sun-faded spine.