The Secret of Santa Vitoria
Title | The Secret of Santa Vitoria PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Crichton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 448 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780340023488 |
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Title | The Secret of Santa Vittoria PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Crichton |
Publisher | Macmillan + ORM |
Pages | 492 |
Release | 2013-08-20 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1466851082 |
In the last days of World War II, German forces are sent to occupy the Italian hill town, Santa Vittoria, and claim its great treasure: one million bottles of the Santa Vittoria wine that is its lifeblood. The clownish mayor, Bombolini, matches wits with the urbane German captain, Von Prum, as the town unites -- aristocrats and peasants, old enemies and young lovers -- to deceive the Germans and save its wine. Where the wine disappears to is the secret of Santa Vittoria that Robert Crichton brings to life with wit, heart, and suspense in his masterpiece of classic storytelling. First published in 1966, The Secret of Santa Vittoria was on the New York Times bestseller list for 50 weeks -- 18 weeks as #1 -- and became an international bestseller.
THE SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIA
Title | THE SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIA PDF eBook |
Author | Ben Maddow |
Publisher | |
Pages | 163 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Secret of Santa Vittoria
Title | The Secret of Santa Vittoria PDF eBook |
Author | Robert R. Crichton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 1968 |
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Wine and War
Title | Wine and War PDF eBook |
Author | Donald Kladstrup |
Publisher | Crown |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 2002-06-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0767913256 |
The remarkable untold story of France’s courageous, clever vinters who protected and rescued the country’s most treasured commodity from German plunder during World War II. "To be a Frenchman means to fight for your country and its wine." –Claude Terrail, owner, Restaurant La Tour d’Argent In 1940, France fell to the Nazis and almost immediately the German army began a campaign of pillaging one of the assets the French hold most dear: their wine. Like others in the French Resistance, winemakers mobilized to oppose their occupiers, but the tale of their extraordinary efforts has remained largely unknown–until now. This is the thrilling and harrowing story of the French wine producers who undertook ingenious, daring measures to save their cherished crops and bottles as the Germans closed in on them. Wine and War illuminates a compelling, little-known chapter of history, and stands as a tribute to extraordinary individuals who waged a battle that, in a very real way, saved the spirit of France.
Secret of Santa Vittoria
Title | Secret of Santa Vittoria PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9789997403759 |
Liberty Lady
Title | Liberty Lady PDF eBook |
Author | Pat DiGeorge |
Publisher | |
Pages | 514 |
Release | 2016-11-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780998257013 |
LIBERTY LADY is the true story of a WWII bomber and its crew forced to land in neutral Sweden during the Eighth Air Force's first large-scale daylight bombing raid on Berlin. 1st Lt. Herman Allen was interned and began working for his country's espionage agency, the OSS, with instructions to befriend a businessman suspected of selling secrets to the Germans. Soon Herman fell in love with a beautiful Swedish-American secretary working for the OSS, their courtship unfolding amid the glamour and intrigue of wartime Stockholm. As Swedish newspapers trumpeted one of the biggest spy scandals of the war, two of the main protagonists walked down the aisle in a storybook wedding presided over by the nephew of the King of Sweden.