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A Soldier of the Great War

A Soldier of the Great War

by Mark Helprin

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 860 PAGES

Septuagenarian war hero and professor Alessandro Giuliani shares his adventures surrounding the Great War in this absorbing tale, set partly in Rome during his youth, and across Italy and the Alps during World War I, including grueling battles in the Dolomites.  (ALP42, $16.95)

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