Italy's Sorrow

Today Italy is a land of beauty and prosperity but in 1944-45 it had become a place of nightmares, a land of violence, war, and destruction. James Holland's ground-breaking account expertly documents the German advance and a segment of Italian history that has been largely neglected.

Informationen zum Autor James Holland was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and studied history at Durham University. He has worked for several London publishing houses and has written for a number of national newspapers and magazines. He is the author of Fortress Malta: An Island Under Siege ,1940-1943 , Heroes and a novel,The Burning Blue . Married with a son, he lives near Salisbury. Klappentext Account documenting the German advance, telling the story from all sides and including the experiences of soldiers and civilians. 'Assiduously researched, enthusiastically narrated... it is hard to believe that this will not be the definitive account of the battle for Italy' "Daily Telegraph" Zusammenfassung Today Italy is a land of beauty and prosperity but in 1944-45 it had become a place of nightmares! a land of violence! war! and destruction. James Holland's ground-breaking account expertly documents the German advance and a segment of Italian history that has been largely neglected.

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Account documenting the German advance, telling the story from all sides and including the experiences of soldiers and civilians. 'Assiduously researched, enthusiastically narrated... it is hard to believe that this will not be the definitive account of the battle for Italy' "Daily Telegraph"