4.3
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
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 Conscien-Tious But Far From Fanatical Soldier, Whose Main Aim Is To Have A Peaceful War, He Proves In Time To Be Civilised, Humorous - And A Consumate Musician. When The Local Doctor'S Daughter'S Letters To Her Fiance 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?
Literature & FictionGenre FictionHistoricalWar
RELEASED1999
PUBLISHERVintage
LENGTH534
LANGUAGEEN
Louis de Bernieres was born in London in 1954. After graduating in Philosophy from the Victoria University of Manchester, he took a postgraduate certificate in Education at Leicester Polytechnic and passed his MA, with distinction, at the University of London. He has held various jobs: landscape gardener, mechanic, officer cadet at Sandhurst and schoolteacher in both Colombia and England. ([source][1]) [1]: http://www.louisdebernieres.co.uk/about-1.html
4.3
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
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 Conscien-Tious But Far From Fanatical Soldier, Whose Main Aim Is To Have A Peaceful War, He Proves In Time To Be Civilised, Humorous - And A Consumate Musician. When The Local Doctor'S Daughter'S Letters To Her Fiance 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?
Literature & FictionGenre FictionHistoricalWar
RELEASED1999
PUBLISHERVintage
LENGTH534
LANGUAGEEN
Louis de Bernieres was born in London in 1954. After graduating in Philosophy from the Victoria University of Manchester, he took a postgraduate certificate in Education at Leicester Polytechnic and passed his MA, with distinction, at the University of London. He has held various jobs: landscape gardener, mechanic, officer cadet at Sandhurst and schoolteacher in both Colombia and England. ([source][1]) [1]: http://www.louisdebernieres.co.uk/about-1.html
