Love and war in the Apennines
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Love and war in the Apennines
（Picador）
Pan Books, in association with Collins, 1983, c1971
- : pbk
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Originally published: Sevenoaks : Hodder & Stoughton, 1971
"This Picador edition published 1983 by Pan Books"--T.p. verso
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Eric Newby escapes through a hospital window to become a POW on the run in Italy in 1943. With the Nazis moving in from the North and no certain way back to England, his situation appears grim. But with the help of local farmers and villagers, who risk their lives to shelter him, he survives. Hiding in shepherds' buts and even a cave, he achieves three precious months of freedom - and meets the determined and courageous young woman who would become his wife. "Love and War in the Apennines" in an intimate account of the horror and surrealism of war, and of the heroism and selflessness of those caught up in its madness. Eric Newby creates an unforgettable record of the resilience of human nature in the face of despair, and forcefully reminds us of the pointlessness of war.
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