{"product_id":"the-village-trattoria-a-sweeping-world-war-ii-saga-9781803289182","title":"The Village Trattoria: A Sweeping World War II Saga","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS \u003ci\u003eTHE ENEMY OF LOVE\u003c\/i\u003e **\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eItaly 1943\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe village trattoria, Casa Maria, is famed for its food and for Elena, the formidable matriarch who runs it. But now war has come to Umbria. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSophia di Luca cooks brilliantly and expects to take over the trattoria from Elena one day. But instead it is charismatic, unpredictable Giorgio Capaldi who has inherited it and now arrives from Rome to run it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Sophia and Giorgio clash, the town falls under Nazi occupation. And when no one knows who to trust, it is Casa Maria that becomes the centre for secrets, dangerous passions and ultimately betrayal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wonderful, joyous book, which really spoke to me about the indomitability of the human \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003espirit.' Elizabeth Enfield\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Annabelle Thorpe: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Unputdownable!' \u003cb\u003eClaire Dyer, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A pacy, engaging tale of human weakness and of passion so overwhelming it can make fools of us all' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnabelle Thorpe\u003c\/b\u003e has been a travel and features journalist for over twenty years, spending six years on \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e Travel desk, before becoming deputy travel editor for Express Newspapers, and then taking the same role at the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e. She was named one of the top 50 travel writers in the UK and has visited almost sixty countries, including crossing China by train, driving solo across the Omani desert, and nearly getting run over in Tripoli. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe People We Were Before\u003c\/i\u003e, was set in the Croatian civil war of the 1990s, her second, \u003ci\u003eWhat Lies Within\u003c\/i\u003e, is set in Marrakech. She has also written two travel books. Home is rural Sussex, with her husband and cat, although she remains a Londoner at heart.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50928890609938,"sku":"9781803289182","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ca5ad480-34e4-4612-9a76-ebf375f5505c.jpg?v=1739021564","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-village-trattoria-a-sweeping-world-war-ii-saga-9781803289182","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}