Hailed as Newby's 'masterpiece', Love and War in the Apennines is
the gripping real-life story of Newby's imprisonment and escape
from an Italian prison camp during World War II. After the Italian
Armistice of 1943, Eric Newby escaped from the prison camp in which
he'd been held for a year. He evaded the German army by hiding in
the caves and forests of Fontanellato, in Italy's Po Valley.
Against this picturesque backdrop, he was sheltered for three
months by an informal network of Italian peasants, who fed,
supported and nursed him, before his eventual recapture. 'Love and
War in the Apennines' is Newby's tribute to the selfless and
courageous people who were to be his saviours and companions during
this troubled time and of their bleak and unchanging way of life.
Of the cast of idiosyncratic characters, most notable was the
beautiful local girl on a bike who would teach him the language,
and eventually help him escape; two years later they were married
and would spend the rest of their lives as co-adventurers. Part
travelogue, part escape story and part romance, this is a
mesmerising account of wisdom, courage, humour and adventure, and
tells the story of the early life of a man who would become one of
Britain's best-loved literary adventurers.
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