The Resource The Tuscan contessa, Dinah Jefferies
The Tuscan contessa, Dinah Jefferies
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- Summary
- In 1940s Tuscany, Contessa Sofia de' Corsi's peaceful home in a medieval villa among the olive groves has been upturned by the arrival of German soldiers. She is desperate to help her friends in the village fight back in any way she can, all while keeping her efforts secret from her husband Lorenzo, who fears for their safety. When Maxine, a no-nonsense Italian-American, arrives in Tuscany to help the resistance, the two women forge an uneasy alliance. Before long they find themselves entangled in a dangerous game with the Nazis, each trying to save the ones they love..
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The Tuscan contessa
- Title
- The Tuscan contessa
- Statement of responsibility
- Dinah Jefferies
- Subject
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- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Government, Resistance to -- Fiction
- trueItalian American women
- trueItaly -- History -- 20th century
- trueMarried women
- trueMen/women relations
- Nazis -- Fiction
- trueOptions, alternatives, choices
- truePersonal conduct
- trueAlliances
- Secrecy -- Fiction
- trueSecrets
- Tuscany (Italy) -- Fiction
- trueTuscany, Italy
- Women -- Italy -- Fiction
- trueWomen and war
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy | Tuscany -- Fiction
- trueResistance to military occupation
- Americans -- Italy -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1940s Tuscany, Contessa Sofia de' Corsi's peaceful home in a medieval villa among the olive groves has been upturned by the arrival of German soldiers. She is desperate to help her friends in the village fight back in any way she can, all while keeping her efforts secret from her husband Lorenzo, who fears for their safety. When Maxine, a no-nonsense Italian-American, arrives in Tuscany to help the resistance, the two women forge an uneasy alliance. Before long they find themselves entangled in a dangerous game with the Nazis, each trying to save the ones they love..
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 11037256
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jefferies, Dinah
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women
- Americans
- Female friendship
- Government, Resistance to
- Secrecy
- Nazis
- World War, 1939-1945
- Tuscany (Italy)
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a heartbreaking new novel set in wartime Tuscany
- Label
- The Tuscan contessa, Dinah Jefferies
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000066894507
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 354 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780241987315
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1130659965
- Label
- The Tuscan contessa, Dinah Jefferies
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000066894507
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 354 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780241987315
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1130659965
Subject
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Government, Resistance to -- Fiction
- trueItalian American women
- trueItaly -- History -- 20th century
- trueMarried women
- trueMen/women relations
- Nazis -- Fiction
- trueOptions, alternatives, choices
- truePersonal conduct
- trueAlliances
- Secrecy -- Fiction
- trueSecrets
- Tuscany (Italy) -- Fiction
- trueTuscany, Italy
- Women -- Italy -- Fiction
- trueWomen and war
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy | Tuscany -- Fiction
- trueResistance to military occupation
- Americans -- Italy -- Fiction
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