Corelli's Mandolin

By: Louis de Bernieres

Fiction

captain corelli’s mandolin is set in the early days of the second world war, before benito mussolini invaded greece. dr iannis practices medicine on the island of cephalonia, accompanied by his daughter, pelagia, to whom he imparts much of his healing art. even when the italians do invade, life isn’t so bad—at first anyway. the officer in command of the italian garrison is the cultured captain...