Eleni
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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- £5.99
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- £5.99
Publisher Description
A son's quest to avenge his mother's murder.
In 1948, in a Greek mountain village, Eleni Gatzoyiannis was arrested, tortured and shot. She was one of the 158,000 victims of the Greek Civil War. Her crime had been to help her children escape from the Communist guerrillas who occupied their village. Her son, Nicholas Gage, was then eight years old. Eleni is the story of his obsessive and harrowing reconstruction of his mother's life and death and his pursuit of his mother's killer.
Customer Reviews
A tale of a mother’s love for her children in the face of adversity
A moving story of a remarkable women retold in the balanced view of an investigate journalist but with the vivid colour and language of an artist who transports you to a time that should never be forgotten. A thought provoking insight into what drives human nature, pausing you to reflect on “what would I do in that situation?” Highly recommended read