Smith, Martin Cruz
Summary: In a suspenseful World War II love story set against the beauty, mystery, and danger of occupied Venice in 1945, a fisherman finds a young woman floating in the lagoon and chooses to protect the Jewish woman rather than hand her over to the Nazis.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC SMISmith, Martin Cruz
Summary: "The highly anticipated new standalone novel from Martin Cruz Smith, whom The Washington Post has declared "that uncommon phenomenon: a popular and well-regarded crime novelist who is also a writer of real distinction," The Girl from Venice is a suspenseful World War II love story set against the beauty, mystery, and danger of occupied Venice. Venice, 1945. The war may be waning, but the city...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SMICastellani, Christopher
Summary: One of the few remaining men in the village of Santa Cecilia during the Second World War, Vito Leone falls in love with the daughter of the town's most powerful family despite their disapproval and seeks to prove himself when Germany seizes control.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CASSmith, Martin Cruz
Summary: A poor fisherman named Cenzo comes across a girl's body, floating in the lagoon. He carries her into his boat and soon discovers that she is very much alive, and very much in trouble. Born to a wealthy Jewish family who has been captured and deported by the Nazis, Guilia is on the run after she was found hiding in a local hospital. Cenzo decides it's the right thing to do to help her escape,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016