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AuthorBernieres Louis De
NarratorRobert Powell
Duration3h 25m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Novels
Key StageA Level
PublisherBBC
VersionAbridged
In 1941 Captain Antonio Corelli is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia. It isn't long before he is involved in a heated affair with Pelagia, a local girl, despite her engagement to a young fisherman, Mandras, who has gone off to join Greek partisans. Love is complicated enough in wartime, even when the lovers are on the same side, but as Corelli and Pelagia are from opposing backgrounds, it becomes increasingly difficult for them to negotiate the minefield of allegiances, both personal and political, as all around them atrocities mount, former friends become enemies and the ugliness of war infects everyone it touches.
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