by Andrea Molesini (Author)
November 1917. When Austrian forces advance into Northern Italy, the aristocratic Spada family find their estate requisitioned by enemy soldiers. A cruel act of violence against a group of local village girls sparks their desire for revenge. The whole family - from the eccentric grandparents to the secretive servants - have their own ideas about how to fight the enemy, but their courage is soon put to the test and it seems that some are willing to compromise. Seventeen-year-old Paolo Spada, the youngest member of the family, is forced to bear witness as his once proud family succumbs to acts of love and hate, jealousy and betrayal.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: Main
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 05 May 2016
ISBN 10: 0857897977
ISBN 13: 9780857897978
Book Overview: Internationally celebrated and garlanded with awards, Between Enemies is a wrenching portrait of an Italian aristocratic family in 1917, whose personal battles burn with more fire than those of the World War around them.