{"product_id":"9780749397548","title":"Captain Corelli's Mandolin : AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Bernieres, Louis de \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 01\/06\/1995,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 560 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780749397548,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e**AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS**25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR'A true diamond of a novel, glinting with comedy and tragedy' Daily MailIt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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 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 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43208761475116,"sku":"9780749397548","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780749397548_e9dc1b6f-be3e-467c-874f-3cfb8c9b3155.jpg?v=1759670465","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780749397548","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}