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The LAST ITALIAN a Saga in Three Parts
THIS OMNIBUS EDITION INCLUDES THE ENTIRE ACCLAIMED TRILOGY BOOK 1: GOD'S TEETH Love, jealousy, murder, vendetta -- All in the time of cholera. Then the brigands attack! Carlo Como goes out fishing one dawn in 1882 on the wide river near his Italian village of Castrubello. But this morning Carlo hauls in a very different catch, one that will allow him to marry his love, Tonia. But Carlo's unlikely discovery unleashes a chain of fateful events that will define himself and his family for decades to come. Tonia's brother Ettore is determined to advance on his own merits and travels south to carve The King's Road through the mountains of Campania. Ettore soon finds himself fighting an impossible ...
The Last Italian
"Readers are transported to a historical place and time that few know anything about--the years of the ill-fated Kingdom of Italy, from the late 19th century to the end of WW II. But as three generations battle to survive and thrive despite all odds, the ageless human experience never looked so recognizable." -- Amazon Reviewer THE LAST ITALIAN, A SAGA IN THREE PARTS begins in 1882 Italy and spans more than six decades. In their determined rise from obscure poverty, the Como and Vacci families face rapacious landowners, deadly epidemics, bitter warfare, perilous emigration, and Fascist brutality during the Kingdom of Italy's final sixty-three years. As the characters balance love, loyalty, a...
God's Teeth
Love, jealousy, murder, vendetta. All in the time of cholera. Then the brigands strike.Carlo Como goes out fishing one dawn on the wide river near his northern Italian village of Castrubello. But this morning Carlo hauls in a very different catch, one that will allow him to marry his love, Tonia, a worker in the town's dismal silk mill. Carlo's discovery unleashes a chain of fate-driven events that will define the himself and his family for decades to come. Tonia's brother Ettore is determined to advance on his own merits. With a hot-headed partner, he travels south to carve The King's Road through the mountains of Campania. Ettore soon finds himself fighting an impossible deadline and a ban...
Pulling God's Teeth
PULLING GOD'S TEETH (1882-1886) Twenty-four-year-old Carlo Como goes out fishing one dawn on the wide river near his northern Italian village of Castrubello. The Pirino has provided a living for the Como family for generations, but this morning Carlo hauls in a very different catch: three large white rocks known as "God's Teeth." The valuable stones, coveted by local ceramic-makers, will allow him to marry his love, Tonia Vacci, a worker in the town's dismal silk mill. But the fisherman's good fortune is resented by estate manager Baldassare Gaetano, greedy both for Tonia and the profit from the stones. Carlo's discovery unleashes a chain of love and jealousy, courage and betrayal, violence ...
Fate's Restless Feet
FATE'S RESTLESS FEET (1911-1913) Brothers Gianni and Renzo Como land with an elite Bersagliere regiment in Tripoli, Libya, as the Kingdom of Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire. What was expected to be a quick and glorious conquest devolves into primal combat as Italian forces are assaulted from all sides. Renzo, charged by his family to protect his younger brother, risks everything to live up to his duty during a treacherous battle fraught with confusion, courage, and unspeakable cruelty. Despite dire warnings, Angelina Scrivatti undertakes the perilous journey from Castrubello to America to claim a promise of marriage. She eventually arrives at a northern Michigan mining town to disco...
Death to the Wolf
DEATH TO THE WOLF (1942-1945) Ettore Vacci celebrates his 80th birthday even as Italy embraces its disastrous alliance with Nazi Germany. Serving with the Italian 8th Army near Stalingrad, Donato Como's unit faces a massive Soviet offensive and killing winter temperatures in a battle for survival on Russia's frozen steppes. When the Axis lines break, Donato leads his men in a desperate trek across a desolate wasteland, hounded by the enemy and oppressed by retreating Germans now contemptuously disdainful of their Italian allies. As Donato confronts the realities of unforgiving warfare, his allegiance to the land of his forefathers deepens as never before. In Castrubello, Regina Vacci, Donato...
I Passi Irrequieti del Fato
Si aspettavano una rapida e gloriosa conquista coloniale. Ma Il destino aveva altri piani. I fratelli Gianni e Renzo Como sbarcano con un reggimento Bersaglieri a Tripoli, in Libia, dopo la dichiarazione di guerra del Regno d'Italia all'Impero Ottomano. Renzo, a cui la famiglia aveva affidato la vita del fratello più giovane, mette la propria vita a repentaglio per assolvere il suo compito durante una battaglia piena di insidie e carica di confusione, coraggio e crudeltà. Angelina Scrivatti, nonostante preoccupati ammonimenti, intraprende il viaggio da Catrubello verso l' America per far onorare una promessa di matrimonio. Quando infine arriva in una cittadina mineraria nel Nord Michigan, trova l'uomo che ama in preda alla colpa e alla disperazione. I loro sforzi per costruire una felicità insieme si trovano presto coinvolti in un uragano di violenze etniche che conduce a una notte di inconcepibile tragedia, e a un' ultima occasione di redenzione personale.
I Denti di Dio
Libro Uno di "L’Ultimo Italiano: una Saga in Tre Parti" Amore, gelosia, omicidio, vendetta, tutti ait tempi del colera. Poi i briganti attaccano! I DENTI DI DIO (1882-1886) Il ventiquattrenne Carlo Como va a pescare un giorno all’alba sull’ampio fiume vicino al suo villaggio dell’Italia settentrionale. Quella mattina Carlo tira su una preda ben differente: tre grandi pietre bianche conosciute come “i Denti di Dio”. Le pietre pregiate, molto apprezzate dai ceramisti locali, gli permetteranno di sposare la sua amata, Tonia Vacci, un’operaia nel tetro setificio della cittadina. Ma la scoperta di Carlo dà luogo a una catena di eventi fatali che influenzeranno se stesso e la sua fa...
Morte al Lupo
L'inverno crudele arriva nel Regno d'Italia. Una famiglia è lacerata dall'ambizione e dalla guerra. Ettore Vacci celebra il suo ottantesimo compleanno mentre l’Italia abbraccia la sua disastrosa alleanza con la Germania nazista. Con l’Ottava Armata vicino a Stalingrado, Donato Como e il suo battaglione fronteggiano una massiccia offensiva sovietica e il micidiale clima invernale, mentre combattono per la sopravvivenza sulle spietate steppe russe. Con la disgregazione delle linee dell’Asse, Donato guida i suoi uomini in una pericolosa ricerca di salvezza, braccati dai sovietici e angariati dai tedeschi in ritirata, ora crudelmente sdegnosi verso i loro alleati italiani. A Castrubello R...
Anthony Terenzio
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