The Way Back to Florence - Softcover

Haybittle, Glenn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0993286305 ISBN 13: 9780993286308

Publisher: Cheyne Walk, 2015

Synopsis

In 1937 Freddie (English), Isabella (Italian) and Oskar (a German Jew) become friends at an art school in Florence where they are taught by the dictatorial but magus-like Maestro and his sinister fascist assistant Fosco. When war arrives Freddie returns to England to become the pilot of a Lancaster bomber. Oskar, now a dancer, has moved to Paris where he escapes the 1942 roundup of Jews and arrives in Italy with his young daughter Esme. Isabella remains in Florence where she continues to paint. Until she is called upon by Maestro to forge an old master painting, apparently at the behest of the Führer himself, and as a result is seen as a Nazi collaborator by her neighbours. The murderous skies over Germany and a war-torn Italy in the grip of Nazi occupation provide the setting for this novel about the love of a separated husband and his wife and the love of a man for his young daughter. Freddie and Oskar both hope to find their way back to Florence. But Florence’s heritage of preserving the identity and continuity of the past has never before been so under threat.

About this title

About the Author

Glenn Haybittle is a translator and freelance writer from London who lives in Florence. He currently translates academic books for the Florence University and Italian history books for a Florentine publisher. The Way Back to Florence is his first novel. He is represented by Annabel Merullo at PFD.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cheyne Walk
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0993286305
• ISBN 13: 9780993286308
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 490