Newby escapes through a hospital window
to become a POW on the run in Italy in
1943. With the Nazis moving in from the
north and no certain way back to England,
his situation appears grim. But with
the help of local farmers and villagers,
who risk their lives to shelter him,
he survives. Hiding in shepherds' huts
and even a cave, he achieves three precious
months of freedom - and meets the determined
and courageous woman who would become
his wife.
Love and War in the Apennines is
an intimate account of the horror and
surrealism of war, and of the heroism
and selflessness of those caught up in
its madness. Newby creates an unforgettable
record of the resilience of human nature
in the face of despair, and forcefully
remind us of the pointlessness of war.
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