Book Overview
Spring 1945: the quiet of a northern Italian village is shattered by an explosion of gunfire as eight innocent women are gunned down. Why have they been executed now, with the war almost over and the... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:074931995X
ISBN13:9780749319953
Release Date:October 1998
Publisher:Random House (UK)
Length:432 Pages
Weight:0.57 lbs.
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
A compulsively good page-turner
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
For a good summertime read, books don't get much better than this. The plot keeps you guessing how things will turn out and the ending is truly a surprise. Particularly well-drawn are the wartime descriptions, especially the fire-bombing of Dresden.
Loved the movie, cant find the book.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Read Sole Survivor which we enjoyed immensely, trying to find other books by this author; none are available in the US library system as far as we can tell.
Fantastic
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This would have to be one of the best books I've ever read. Gut-wretching, compelling and impossible to put down. I paticularly liked the characters of Cecilia Ortelli and Friedrich Eigenwill. It was to good to see the Second World War through a German pair of eyes and realise that the Oberstleutnant was not a bad man but, in fact, a very decent man caught up in an impossible situation. I found the detailed description of the bombing of Dresden extremely distressing and it showed that, truly, there are no 'winners' in any war. This book is a must read - Derek Hansen is brilliant!!
Best read since Bryce Courtenay's "Power of One"
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
If you are tired of the mundane and looking for fresh and stimulating reading, then this is the one! From past and present day Australia to a European mystery set against WW2, the story within a story will keep you entertained and spell bound.
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