{"product_id":"9781805142485-to-the-river","title":"To the River","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy would you risk your life and all that you love for a stranger?\u003cbr\u003eUmbria 1943. Nazi troops are massacring whole villages in retaliation for help being given to even a single fugitive. The injured FitzGerald, assisted by a young widow, Lucia, organises the evasion of six hundred prisoners who go on to hide in the hills or make their way out of Nazi occupied Italy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUmbria 1943.\u003c\/strong\u003e Nazi troops are massacring whole villages in retaliation for help being given to even a single fugitive. Outside a pretty country town is a prison camp of six hundred British, Commonwealth and American soldiers seething with hatred for Italians. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen young widow Lucia does a deal with FitzGerald, all six hundred escape into the hills or make their way out of Nazi occupied Italy. FitzGerald himself moves from farm to farm until his contempt for Italians turns into admiration for the impoverished people who risk everything to succour a stranger. He sees in the women, children and old people left on the farms, a courage greater than that of soldiers. Instead of taking up arms again, he shepherds the villagers as they fly from extermination. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut can he, and his rescuer, escape \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTo the River\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, the border between two armies?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41540123983969,"sku":"9781805142485","price":19.82,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27715304.jpg?v=1722001461","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781805142485-to-the-river","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}