num_pages: 4
description: Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins It is 1941, and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek Island of Cephallonia. At first he is ostracized by the locals, but as a conscientious soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves to be civilized, humorous and a consummate musician...
language: English
title: Captain Corelli's Mandolin
titlecomplete: Captain Corelli's Mandolin
characters: Dr Iannis, Antonio Corelli, Mandras, Pelagia
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Greece, Romance, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, World War II
ratings_count: 85464
places: Greece, Kefalonia
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book Overall
publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited