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Prince of the Clouds
Gianni Riotta
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Description for Prince of the Clouds
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
A rousingly romantic Mediterranean novel of love and war.
World War II has just ended, and Colonel Carlo Terzo, a brilliant military strategist, retires to Sicily with his beautiful Russian wife Emma. There he spends long afternoons tutoring two young lovers – Salvatore, a poet, and the feisty, aristocratic Fiore. But the Terzo household becomes caught in a standoff between rebel peasants and the murderous private army of Fiore's malicious mother. Will Carlo finally be given the chance to measure his learning on a real battlefield?
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007120031
SKU
KKD0001615
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-4
About Gianni Riotta
Gianni Riotta is a novelist and journalist. He has had two novels translated into English: ‘Prince of the Clouds’ and ‘The Lights of Alborada’. He lives in Turin and New York.
Reviews for Prince of the Clouds
‘As intoxicating as a glass of fine Italian wine…Set in Sicily, it is so evocative you can almost smell the scent of olives, and love, in the air. But Riotta’s novel is not just two love stories – it also contains one of the most thrilling battle sequences I’ve read in years, a fitting climax to a story so touching ... Read more