# Captain Corelli's Mandolin

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- Book: [Captain Corelli's Mandolin](https://www.bookquiver.com/louis-de-bernieres/captain-corellis-mandolin) ([Captain Corelli's Mandolin.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/louis-de-bernieres/captain-corellis-mandolin.md))
- Authors: [Louis de Bernières](https://www.bookquiver.com/louis-de-bernieres)
- Publisher: Vintage Classics
- ISBN: 978-00-9954-086-1
- Pages: 560
- Published: 2010-02-04
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time to be civilised, humorous - and a consummate musician. When the local doctor's daughter's letters to her fiancé - a member of the underground - go unanswered, the working of the eternal triangle seems inevitable. But can this fragile love survive as a war of bestial savagery gets closer and the lines are drawn between invader and defender?