Captain Corelli's Mandolin

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  There are two kinds of historical novel: those that reach back earlier than the memories of living witnesses, and those that risk being contradicted by the testimony of some of their readers. Captain Corelli's Mandolin, set mainly on the Greek island ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

• Treasured island

  For much of my adult life my ideal holiday was to load up my Morris Traveller with camping equipment and drive around France. I have some French both in my blood and in my temperament, and it's the country I love best. I usually kept off the péage an ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

4 Reviews

• "At their head perspired Captain Antonio Corelli of the33rd Regiment of Artillery, and slung across his back was a case containing the mandolin that he had named Antonia because it was the other half of himself"

  "He was like one of those saprophytic orchids that can create harmony and wonder even a ... (continue)

  "At their head perspired Captain Antonio Corelli of the33rd Regiment of Artillery, and slung across his back was a case containing the mandolin that he had named Antonia because it was the other half of himself"

  "He was like one of those saprophytic orchids that can create harmony and wonder even as it grows and blossoms on a pile of shit, in a place of skulls and bones. He let his rifle rust, and even lost it once or twice, but he won battles armed with nothing but a mandolin."

  "Why do Italians wear moustaches? To be reminded of their mothers"

  "There would be no tyranny, Captain, and no wars if minions did not ignore their conscience"

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  I studied this for English Literature A2 and the first time I read it I couldn't stand it. However, I really enjoyed analysing it and I found it a lot more interesting the second, third and forth times round. It has a lot of hidden messages and Louis De Berniers is quite a skilled writer when it com ... (continue)

  I studied this for English Literature A2 and the first time I read it I couldn't stand it. However, I really enjoyed analysing it and I found it a lot more interesting the second, third and forth times round. It has a lot of hidden messages and Louis De Berniers is quite a skilled writer when it comes to that.

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  Valentine said on Sep 26, 2009 | Add your feedback

• Fantastic Book! Funny, sad and interesting. Could not put it down!

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  Texas Cat said on Apr 12, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  Not the best book ever written, but certainly superior to the movie.

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• English Books
• Paperback 544 Pages
• Edition: 1st
• ISBN-10: 0749397543
• ISBN-13: 9780749397548
• Publisher: Vintage
• Pub date: Jan 01, 1995
• Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
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