TY  - BOOK
AU  - Preston,Alex
TI  - In love and war
SN  - 9780571279463 (pbk.) :
AV  - PR6116.R47 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - London
PB  - Faber & Faber
KW  - Florence (Italy)
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Italy
KW  - History
KW  - 1922-1945
KW  - General
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
N1  - Originally published: 2014; Radio tie-in
N2  - Desperate to prove himself to his politician father, Esmond Lowndes is sent to Italy to forge ties between the British Union of Fascists and Mussolini's government. He is also escaping the disgrace of a scandalous love affair. In Florence, he discovers art and passion amongst eccentric expatriates and glamorous locals. But with the coming of war, he leaves his past behind and joins the Florentine resistance. He falls in love with a fellow freedom fighter and together they take on the malevolent Mario Carita, head of the Fascist secret police
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