War In Val D'Orcia: A Diary
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: Ex library edition with usual markings. Binding: Intact.
A gripping firsthand account of life in wartime Italy, War in Val D'Orcia is the diary of Anglo-American aristocrat Iris Origo, chronicling the years 1943–1944 as the Allied front swept northward through Tuscany. Written from her estate in the Val d'Orcia, Origo details the harrowing realities of occupation, partisan activity, and the desperate efforts to shelter refugees and escaped prisoners of war under the noses of both German and Fascist forces. The diary captures the moral complexity and quiet heroism of ordinary people caught in the machinery of total war, rendered in Origo's precise, unsentimental prose. Introduced by the distinguished historian Denis Mack Smith, this work stands as one of the most vivid and humane testimonies of the Italian campaign, essential reading for anyone interested in World War II and the lived experience of history.
Author: Iris Origo
Format: Hardback
Published: 1984, John Murray
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: Ex library edition with usual markings. Binding: Intact.
A gripping firsthand account of life in wartime Italy, War in Val D'Orcia is the diary of Anglo-American aristocrat Iris Origo, chronicling the years 1943–1944 as the Allied front swept northward through Tuscany. Written from her estate in the Val d'Orcia, Origo details the harrowing realities of occupation, partisan activity, and the desperate efforts to shelter refugees and escaped prisoners of war under the noses of both German and Fascist forces. The diary captures the moral complexity and quiet heroism of ordinary people caught in the machinery of total war, rendered in Origo's precise, unsentimental prose. Introduced by the distinguished historian Denis Mack Smith, this work stands as one of the most vivid and humane testimonies of the Italian campaign, essential reading for anyone interested in World War II and the lived experience of history.