Publisher's Synopsis
Zaira is an historical novel, set in Northern Italy at the turn of the last century. It relates the adventures of an intelligent and vivacious peasant girl, Zaira, whose lust for life and keen desire for self-improvement launch her on a journey into the twentieth-century. In the novel, three lives come together in an eternal triangle: Zaira, destined to serve father, brother, husband; Livietta, a polished young lady who dutifully marries the aristocrat chosen by her father; and the rakish Leonardo who marries Livietta for her money, then falls irremediably in love with Zaira when she is taken on by his household as companion to his wife.
