Chill in the Air - An Italian War Diary 19391940

A harrowing account of life in Italy in the year leading up to World War II.

About the author

Iris Origo (1902-1988) was a British-born biographer and writer. She lived in Italy and devoted much of her life to the improvement of the Tuscan estate at La Foce, which she purchased with her husband in the 1920s. During WWII, she sheltered refugee children and assisted many escaped Allied prisoners of war and partisans in defiance of Italy's fascist regime and Nazi occupation forces. Pushkin Press also publishes her bestselling war diaries, War in Val d'Orcia, her memoir, Images and Shadows, as well as two of her biographies.

Summary

A harrowing account of life in Italy in the year leading up to World War II.

Foreword

Paperback edition of this gripping diary from the bestselling diarist and biographer: 'Origo's diaries, trenchantly and pithily written, are a glory' (Spectator)

Product details

• Authors: Iris Origo
• Assisted by: Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Introduction)
• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781782273578
• ISBN: 978-1-78227-357-8
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; History, Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, HISTORY / General, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, Italy, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Archaeology, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), History and Archaeology, Published diaries, letters and journals