# The Metal Heart

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- Book: [The Metal Heart](https://www.bookquiver.com/caroline-lea/the-metal-heart) ([The Metal Heart.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/caroline-lea/the-metal-heart.md))
- Authors: [Caroline Lea](https://www.bookquiver.com/caroline-lea)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-14-0594-435-9
- Pages: 400
- Published: 2021-11-11
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Orkney, 1940. On a remote island, a prisoner-of-war camp is constructed to house five hundred Italian soldiers, where a freezing winter and divided community await them. Orphaned sisters Dorothy and Constance volunteer to nurse the men. Dot is drawn to Cesare, a young man fighting on the wrong side, broken by war and destruction. The soldiers spend their days building a secret barricade between the islands. By night, however, they construct a reminder of their native land - an exquisite chapel. As tensions between the islanders and outsiders grow, the sisters' loyalty is tested. Will Dot choose love, or family?