**AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS**

''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 forcesAt 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 fiancé go unanswered, Antonio and Pelagia draw close and the working of the eternal triangle seems inevitableBut can this fragile love survive as a war of bestial savagery gets closer and the lines are drawn between invader and defender?

''Louis de Bernières 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



Format Häftad Omfång 560 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Vintage Publishing Utgivningsdatum 2010-02-04 ISBN 9780099540861