From These Broken Streets - Roland Merullo
Category: Novel
Tags: Novel, History, Historical Fiction, Adults
Roland Merullo, bestselling author of Once Night Falls, returns with a galvanizing historical novel of Nazi-occupied Naples and the rage and resistance of a people under siege., Italy, 1943. The Nazi occupation has cemented its grip on the devastated city of Naples., Giuseppe DiPietra, a curator in the National Archives, has a subversive plan to aid the Allies. If hes discovered, forced labor or swift execution. Lucia Pastone, secretary for the Italian Fascist government, is risking her own life in secret defiance of orders. And Lucias father, Aldo, is a black marketeer who draws Giuseppe and Lucia into the underworld - for their protection and to help plant the seeds of resistance. Their fates are soon intertwined with those of Aldos devoted lover and a boy of the streets wholl do anything to live another day. And all of Naples is about to join forces to overcome impossible odds and repel the Nazi occupiers., Inspired by a true historic uprising, From These Broken Streets is a richly
