Rosamunde Pilcher's Malta

Claire Abela in Rome writes to the editor of the Sunday Times about Malta based novels by Rosamunde Pilcher, a British writer who is especially popular in Germany:

A few months ago I bought some old books from a stall in Rome. Two, Coming Home and The Day of the Storm, were written by Rosamunde Pilcher. It happened that in these two bestsellers the author speaks about Malta. I was really surprised but as the author comes from a family of former Navy personnel, it seems that she is familiar with the island. May I suggest that this author and other who show some kind of importance to Malta be rewarded. Bestsellers are always translated in various languages: the books I bought were in Italian. All publicity is important for such a small country.

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