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Louis de Bernières

UK · Occupied Greece — fiction

About

British novelist. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, set on Italian-occupied Cephalonia, won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.

Books in Database (1)

Captain Corelli's Mandolin cover
Captain Corelli's Mandolin 1994 · 437 pages

An Italian officer garrisons a Greek island with a mandolin and falls in love — until Italy surrenders and his German allies turn their guns.

Historical Fiction

Events Covered

1943 Italian Campaign