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Omschrijving
She came with a camera, looking for a story.
She found a man the world had forgotten for twenty-one years.
And a bald eagle that had no business being in Rome—
that chose to stay.
Wildlife photographer Lynn Parker never stays put. For twelve years, she's chased the rarest creatures on earth—from the wolves of Yellowstone to the snow leopards of the Himalayas—her lens always aimed at the next horizon. She thought her life was a flight that would never land.
Then a grainy photograph brought her to Rome.
On a rooftop terrace, wedged between modern glass-and-steel towers, a man stood in the sunset light with a bald eagle perched on his arm—a king of North American skies, in a city where it had no right to be.
Alessandro Montevello is the last of his line. Not a nobleman, not a recluse, just an ordinary man whose family's past was stolen from him. Twenty-one years ago, his father died on the eve of reclaiming land looted from the Montevellos after the war. From that day forward, he closed the doors and retreated into the shadows of his palazzo, sharing his silence with an injured eagle.
He says the eagle chose to stay.
He says he stopped waiting for anyone long ago.
But Lynn knocked. She waited three days, and then three more. She didn't photograph his face. She didn't ask about his past. She just showed up every morning with coffee on his terrace, capturing the eagle's every wingbeat through her lens.
She didn't know what she was looking for. Until one day, scrolling through her photos, she realized—every shot she'd taken, in the end, was of him.
_The Man Who Keeps an Eagle_ is a story about waiting and staying. One man spent twenty-one years learning not to hope. One woman spent twelve years learning not to stand still. When they finally stopped running, they discovered they'd been searching for the same thing all along:
Some wounds don't have to be carried alone.
Some truths are worth a lifetime of seeking.
And some choices aren't about leaving—they're about coming home.
A masterwork of love, legacy, and redemption, this novel burns slow as a Roman sunset and soars straight as an eagle's flight.
"I used to think what made people stay was being held.
Now I know—what makes them stay is being free."
— The Man Who Keeps an Eagle_
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- Auteur(s):
- Uitgeverij:
Inhoud
- Taal:
- Engels
- Reeks:
Eigenschappen
- Productcode (EAN):
- 9798233190490
- Verschijningsdatum:
- 1/04/2026
- Uitvoering:
- E-book
- Formaat:
- ePub
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