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Prince of the Clouds

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A rousingly romantic Mediterranean novel of love and war. 'Even more enchanting than Louis de Bernieres's Captain Correlli's Mandolin, Riotta's novel is a revelation' (Daily Mail). The Second World War has just ended, and Colonel Carlo Terzo, a brilliant military strategist, retires to Sicily with his beautiful Russian wife Emma. There he spends long afternoons tutoring two young lovers -- Salvatore, a poet, and the feisty, aristocratic Fiore. But the Terzo household becomes caught in a standoff between rebel peasants and the murderous private army of Fiore's malicious mother. Will Carlo finally be given the chance to measure his learning on a real battlefield?

Author Biography

Gianni Riotta is a novelist and journalist who is currently the co-editor of La Stampa, one of Italy's leading newspapers. This is his first book to be translated into English. He lives in Turin and New York.
Release date NZ
May 1st, 2002
Author
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
(decorative line drawings & watercolours)
Imprint
Flamingo
Pages
304
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Dimensions
135x197x18
ISBN-13
9780007120031
Product ID
1670079

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