Florence in the five or so years before the outbreak of war in 1939 is the setting for this unusual book, which mixes fact and fiction. Esmond Lowndes, fresh out of Cambridge and banished abroad on account of his affair with a fellow male student, is responsible for launching a radio station on behalf of the British Union of Fascists, but everything changes when he joins the Italian resistance instead.
In Love and War by Alex Preston
- New book reviews – Kibworth Community Library on 2nd January 2019 at 4:24 pm
