Lake Union Publishing
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
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Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, the USA Today and #1 Amazon Charts bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours.
Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He’s a normal Italian teenager―obsessed with music, food, and girls―but his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, and falls for Anna, a beautiful widow six years his senior.
In an attempt to protect him, Pino’s parents force him to enlist as a German soldier―a move they think will keep him out of combat. But after Pino is injured, he is recruited at the tender age of eighteen to become the personal driver for Adolf Hitler’s left hand in Italy, General Hans Leyers, one of the Third Reich’s most mysterious and powerful commanders.
Now, with the opportunity to spy for the Allies inside the German High Command, Pino endures the horrors of the war and the Nazi occupation by fighting in secret, his courage bolstered by his love for Anna and for the life he dreams they will one day share.
Fans of All the Light We Cannot See, The Nightingale, and Unbroken will enjoy this riveting saga of history, suspense, and love.
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Book Details
ISBN:
9781503902374
EAN:
1503902374
Binding:
Hardcover
Pages:
460
Authors:
Mark Sullivan
Publisher:
Lake Union Publishing
Published Date: 2018-01-05
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I cannot any enough about this book. One of the best by far. Listened to Nessun Dorma several times while reading the accounts of Pink and Anna. Unfortunately I knew how it was to end. Tears followed.
I never read this kind of book..but have challenged myself to explore reading outside my wheelhouse.The story of Pino Lella was heartbreaking as well thoughtful.I cried more than once for the the tragedy and ugliness of war .The brutal consequences.I only suggest reading.. it if you are ready to know..in.a visceral way how inhumane war is and how being right is never a clear choice.I will not spoil the plot of this book.I don't know if I'd have read it..if I'd known.But I know I'm glad I did.The writing is beautiful and well paced.
I love reading and learning about world war 2. This is such a good read!! Great for history fanatics!! Highly recommend!
Bought this for my wife and she absolutely loved the book.
This was a historically significant Nobel which enlightens what Italian life was like even though Italy was on Germany’s side in WW2. It reminds us all of the German atrocities committed against not just Jews but other prisoners as well. I thoroughly enjoyed it!
