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Populaarne ameerika seikluskirjanik Arthur D. Howden Smith kirjutas 1923. aastal eelloo Jim Hawkinsi, doktor Livesey ja skvaier Trelawney seiklustele Aarete saarel, loo sellest, kuidas kapten Flinti varandus uldse saarele joudis. Et saada luba Stevensoni tegelaste kasutamiseks, poordus Smith kirjaniku kasupoja ja kirjandusliku parandi haldaja Lloyd Osbourne’i poole, kellele Robert Louis Stevenson 1881. aastal «Aarete saare» ju oieti kirjutaski. Osbourne’ile meeldis Smithi «Portobello kuld» vaga ning ta andis lahkesti loa nimetada romaani «Aarete saare» ametlikuks eellooks. Nuud saab ka eesti lugeja esmakordselt teada, kust oli oieti parit saarele maetud varandus – inkade kullakangid, Hispaania dubloonid, Inglise ginid, Prantsuse luidoorid, Portugali moidoorid ja Veneetsia tsekiinid –, mille Ben Gunn ules leidis ja piraatide eest ara peitis. Kohtume uuesti ka varvika mereroovlite seltskonnaga, kuhu kuuluvad uhe jalaga laevakokk John Silver, oudusjudinaid tekitav pime piraat Pew, pootsman Billy Bones, nooruke Darby McGraw ja loomulikult ka hirmuaratav kapten Flint ise, keda kartis ka legendaarne Edward Teach ehk Musthabe. Lisaks neile on selles merelahinguid, piraatide veriseid arveteoiendamisi ja seikluslikku aardejahti tais ponevas romaanis veel ohtralt uusi ja varvikaid tegelasi nagu dzentelmen-piraat Andrew Murray, Pohja-Ameerika karusnahakutt Peter Corlaer, piraatide poolt roovitud Soti jakobiitide jareltulija, nooruke Robert Ormerod ja hispaanlaste teenistuses olev Iiri kolonel O’Donnell oma imekauni tutre Moiraga, kes samuti piraadilaevale satuvad.

From one of the world's best loved storytellers, Paulo Coelho, comes a riveting novel tracing the mysterious life and disappearance of Athena dubbed ‘the Witch of Portobello’.This is the story of Athena, or Sherine, to give her the name she was baptised with. Her life is pieced together through a series of recorded interviews with those people who knew her well or hardly at all – parents, colleagues, teachers, friends, acquaintances, her ex-husband.The novel unravels Athena's mysterious beginnings, via an orphanage in Romania, to a childhood in Beirut. When war breaks out, her adoptive family move with her to London, where a dramatic turn of events occurs…Athena, who has been dubbed 'the Witch of Portobello' for her seeming powers of prophecy, disappears dramatically, leaving those who knew her to solve the mystery of her life and abrupt departure.Like The Alchemist, The Witch of Portobello is the kind of story that will transform the way readers think about love, passion, joy and sacrifice.