description: Length: 17 hrs and 27 minsIt is 1941, and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek Island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. 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. But when the local doctor's daughter's letters to her fiance go unanswered, the working of a triangle seems inevitable. Can this fragile love survive this war of bestial savagery as the lines are drawn between invader and defender?
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: Chivers Audio Books