Return to the Italian Quarter (Paperback)


'A fascinating account of Italian life, written with skill and insight' Katie Fforde Sophie is only a quarter Italian. But that quarter is her charismatic grandfather Cesare, and he has instilled in her a great love of her Italian heritage. So when a journalist starts to investigate Cesare's war record, Sophie is reluctant to question just how proud she should really be. She embarks upon a journey into the past which takes her from nineteenth-century Naples to London's Italian quarter and one of the Second World War's forgotten tragedies. And along the way she also learns something very important about herself...

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'A fascinating account of Italian life, written with skill and insight' Katie Fforde Sophie is only a quarter Italian. But that quarter is her charismatic grandfather Cesare, and he has instilled in her a great love of her Italian heritage. So when a journalist starts to investigate Cesare's war record, Sophie is reluctant to question just how proud she should really be. She embarks upon a journey into the past which takes her from nineteenth-century Naples to London's Italian quarter and one of the Second World War's forgotten tragedies. And along the way she also learns something very important about herself...

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Imprint

Quercus Publishing

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

June 2018

Availability

Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days

First published

2018

Authors

Dimensions

196 x 130 x 26mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - B-format

Pages

337

ISBN-13

978-1-78648-434-5

Barcode

9781786484345

Categories

LSN

1-78648-434-X



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