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01754aam a2200361 4500 001 5693296A40B111EEA023B8D23DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230822010056 010 $a 2022009921 020 $a 0241987318 020 $a 9780241987315 035 $a (OCoLC)1192376454 040 $a DLC $d SILO 100 $a Jefferies, Dinah. 245 $a The Tuscan Contessa $c Dinah Jefferies. 264 4 $a London : $b Penguin Books Ltd , $c [2020] 300 $a 368 pages ; $c 20 cm . 500 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-355). 520 $a "In 1940s Tuscany, Contessa Sofia de' Corsi's peaceful home in a medieval villa among the olive groves has been upturned by the arrival of German soldiers. She is desperate to help her friends in the village fight back in any way she can, all while keeping her efforts secret from her husband Lorenzo, who fears for their safety. When Maxine, a no-nonsense Italian-American, arrives in Tuscany to help the resistance, the two women forge an uneasy alliance. Before long they find themselves entangled in a dangerous game with the Nazis, each trying to save the ones they love ..." 650 $a Women $z Italy $v Fiction. 650 $a Americans $z Italy $v Fiction. 650 $a Female friendship $v Fiction. 650 $a Government, Resistance to $v Fiction. 650 $a Secrecy $v Fiction. 650 $a Nazis $v Fiction. 648 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z Tuscany $z Tuscany $v Fiction. 651 $a Tuscany (Italy) $v Fiction. 655 $a Historical fiction. 655 $a Fiction. 008 s2020 941 $a 1 952 $l JMPC081 $d 20230822012621.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5693296A40B111EEA023B8D23DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search