Love and War in the Apennines

ISBN-13: 9780007367894 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 224 str.

Eric Newby

Opis

In 1943, Eric Newby escaped from the prison camp in which he'd been held for a year. He evaded the German army by hiding in the caves and forests of Fontanellato. Against this backdrop, he was sheltered for 3 months by Italian peasants, who fed, supported and nursed him, before his eventual recapture. This is his story.

Recenzje

'His masterpiece' Spectator

'Superbly funny ... as civilizing, generous and affecting as "Vivere in Pace", and the men, women and children, weather and woodsmoke are as fresh as yesterday' Observer

'A vivid description of Italian village life, full of notable characters ... and the reactions of one sensitive man to being out of the war in the middle of one' Daily Telegraph

'It is necessary to state with emphasis that this is a very good book indeed' Times Literary Supplement

'An exciting story, superbly told. And wisdom, courage and generosity illuminate it' Punch

O autorze

Eric Newby was born in London in 1919. During World War II, he served in the Special Boat Section and was captured. He married the girl who helped him to escape, and for the next 50 years she was at his side on many adventures.

After the war, he worked in the fashion business and book publishing but travelled on a grand scale, sometimes as the Travel Editor for the Observer. He was made CBE and awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award of the British Guild of Travel Writers. He died in 2006.