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Chris Bohjalian is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors as far as historical fiction goes. Like Ken Follet, he is able to bring in pieces of history that I either had no idea even happened OR knew very little about without preaching it. So many authors make me feel like they are sure I have no idea about the historical fact or event and they go too far to teach it and preach it. I love well-written historical fiction. Now the tough decision is to figure out which book of his to read next.
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Set in both 1943/44 and 1955, this novel explores the relationship between an Italian noble family and the German military presence during World War II. The Rosatis live in their villa in the Tuscany Valley protected from most of the horrors of the war. However, their actions must have been suspect as 12 years later a serial killer is murdering the members of the family in a most gruesome manner. One of the Italian detectives Serefina Benetti, a partisan of the Italian underground during the war
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A powerful novel with a strong sense of story and setting. I really enjoyed it.
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