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The war came into the homes of the peasants in different ways. Not everyone agreed with the course Italy was taking, and when the Italian alliance with Germany fell apart, and Italian soldiers began fighting beside the Allies, there were inevitable conflicts.
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Beyond doubt a minor masterpiece. --The Washington Post
A welcome rediscovery, evoking a unique, strange moment in civilian/soldier wartime-history with spare, vital immediacy. --Kirkus
Even the most casual acquaintance with Iris Origo cannot fail to produce the impression of a remarkable woman. --The New York Times Book Review
A welcome rediscovery, evoking a unique, strange moment in civilian/soldier wartime-history with spare, vital immediacy. --Kirkus
Even the most casual acquaintance with Iris Origo cannot fail to produce the impression of a remarkable woman. --The New York Times Book Review
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- Publishera flamingo imprint HarperCollins
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0732276152
- ISBN 13 9780732276157
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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War in Val D'Orcia: An Italian War Diary 1943-1944
Seller: Rons Bookshop (Canberra, Australia), Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. When the Second World War broke out, Marchesa Iris Origo and her husband had been running the estate of La Foce in Tuscany since 1924.This is her journal of those turbulent war years, simply and beautifully told. War in Val D'Orcia is an unsentimental story of civilian life in wartimeThe book has light tanning. Seller Inventory # 001501
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