In Conversation with Belinda Alexandra

Name: In Conversation with Belinda Alexandra
Start: 2026-05-14T18:00:00+10:00
End: 2026-05-14T18:00:00+10:00
Location: Old Colonists Club, Ballarat

About

Belinda Alexandra has been enchanting readers for over 20 years with her internationally acclaimed historical fiction. We are delighted to invite you to an evening with Belinda to celebrate her new book ‘The Italian Correspondent’.

About The Italian Correspondent
Rome, 1951. Veronica Gold is in the city as the correspondent for Vogue magazine. As Italy tries to shake off its dark fascist past and promote itself as the most glamorous nation in Europe, Veronica is trying to forget the horrific memories of her time as a war reporter attached to the Eighth Army at the brutal height of the Second World War.
But just as she hopes to lose herself in la dolce vita, three men appear in her life: Lyle Cooper, her ex-husband and an American diplomat; Marcello Fabbri, an archaeologist and one-time partisan now working in the ruins of Pompeii; and the dashing Count Carlo Durazzo, husband of Veronica's estranged friend, the enigmatic heiress Emerald Evergreen.
Complicated feelings arise, but before Veronica can resolve them, one of these three men is murdered. Veronica is quickly drawn into a sphere of spies and a world on the edge of nuclear war, one where nothing and nobody is quite as they seem.

About Belinda Alexandra
Belinda Alexandra’s bestselling historical fiction has been published around the world, including in the United States, Spain, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Hungary and Poland. She is the daughter of a Russian mother and an Australian father and has been fascinated by world culture and travel since her youth.
She lives in Sydney with her three black cats and a garden full of interesting wildlife. Her hobbies include oriental dancing, piano and foreign languages. A lover of all creatures, Belinda volunteers with several animal charities.