Captain Corelli's Mandolin: AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS

Author: de Bernieres, Louis
ISBN: 9780749397548
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year First Published: 1995
Pages: 560
Dimensions: 198mm x 133mm x 29mm
Format: Paperback / softback

Description:
25th anniversary edition of this cherished story of love, loss, war and heroism - from one of our bestselling authors

25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR

'A true diamond of a novel, glinting with comedy and tragedy' Daily Mail

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 over time he proves himself to be civilised, humorous - and a consummate musician.

When Pelagia, the local doctor's daughter, finds her letters to her fiance go unanswered, Antonio and Pelagia draw close and 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?

'Louis de Berni res is in the direct line that runs through Dickens and Evelyn Waugh...he has only to look into his world, one senses, for it to rush into reality, colours and touch and taste' Evening Standard