Captain Corelli's mandolin
By: Louis De Bernières.
Publisher: Minerva; VINTAGE
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Greece -- Fiction.; Cephalonia Island (Greece) -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "It 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 ostracised by the locals, but as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time to be civilised, humorous - and a consummate musician. When the local doctor's daughter's letters to her fiancé - a member of the underground - go unanswered, the working of the eternal triangle seems inevitable. But can this fragile love survive as a war of bestial savagery gets closer and the lines are drawn between invader and defender?"--Back Cover.
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