Captain Corelli's Mandolin: AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS
Author(s): Louis de Bernieres
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?
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Winner of Whitaker Platinum Book Award 2001 and Commonwealth Writers Prize 1995. Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003 and The BBC Big Read Top 21 2003. Shortlisted for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003.
Louis de Bernieres is the best-selling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Best Book in 1995. His most recent title is Notwithstanding
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- : Random House UK
- : VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
- : June 1995
- : books
Special Fields
- : Louis de Bernieres
- : Paperback