Author: Paula Renee Burzawa
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491755377
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
When the Greek army calls retreat near the Albanian border before the Nazi invasion of Greece, Tasso rushes home to protect his family. Badly injured, he is near death when two good Samaritans help him get home, but his happy reunion is interrupted when his favorite nephew is stricken with polio even as villagers prepare for an impending attack. Tasso helps the doctors save his nephews leg and leaves to rejoin his military unit, but hes taken prisoner along with his father-in-law. The Germans take over his family home, bringing unimaginable hardships to his wife and children. After Axis powers surrender, peace is still unattainable as civil war erupts, setting Greek against Greek. Nothing can prepare Tasso for what is to comenot even victory. ADVANCE PRAISE FOR TASSOS JOURNEY Paula Burzawas heartbreaking, yet ultimately triumphant story of how her ancestors survived the Nazi invasion of Greece, makes Tassos Journey our journey too. Her vivid characters and skillful handling of plot reveal how deep faith, superhuman strength of will, and unthinkable sacrifice for the sake of great love, saved one family and perhaps even Greece herself from extinction. Ann Frank Wake Ph.D., professor and English Department chair, Elmhurst College
Tasso’S Journey
Author: Paula Renee Burzawa
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491755377
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
When the Greek army calls retreat near the Albanian border before the Nazi invasion of Greece, Tasso rushes home to protect his family. Badly injured, he is near death when two good Samaritans help him get home, but his happy reunion is interrupted when his favorite nephew is stricken with polio even as villagers prepare for an impending attack. Tasso helps the doctors save his nephews leg and leaves to rejoin his military unit, but hes taken prisoner along with his father-in-law. The Germans take over his family home, bringing unimaginable hardships to his wife and children. After Axis powers surrender, peace is still unattainable as civil war erupts, setting Greek against Greek. Nothing can prepare Tasso for what is to comenot even victory. ADVANCE PRAISE FOR TASSOS JOURNEY Paula Burzawas heartbreaking, yet ultimately triumphant story of how her ancestors survived the Nazi invasion of Greece, makes Tassos Journey our journey too. Her vivid characters and skillful handling of plot reveal how deep faith, superhuman strength of will, and unthinkable sacrifice for the sake of great love, saved one family and perhaps even Greece herself from extinction. Ann Frank Wake Ph.D., professor and English Department chair, Elmhurst College
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491755377
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
When the Greek army calls retreat near the Albanian border before the Nazi invasion of Greece, Tasso rushes home to protect his family. Badly injured, he is near death when two good Samaritans help him get home, but his happy reunion is interrupted when his favorite nephew is stricken with polio even as villagers prepare for an impending attack. Tasso helps the doctors save his nephews leg and leaves to rejoin his military unit, but hes taken prisoner along with his father-in-law. The Germans take over his family home, bringing unimaginable hardships to his wife and children. After Axis powers surrender, peace is still unattainable as civil war erupts, setting Greek against Greek. Nothing can prepare Tasso for what is to comenot even victory. ADVANCE PRAISE FOR TASSOS JOURNEY Paula Burzawas heartbreaking, yet ultimately triumphant story of how her ancestors survived the Nazi invasion of Greece, makes Tassos Journey our journey too. Her vivid characters and skillful handling of plot reveal how deep faith, superhuman strength of will, and unthinkable sacrifice for the sake of great love, saved one family and perhaps even Greece herself from extinction. Ann Frank Wake Ph.D., professor and English Department chair, Elmhurst College
Renaissance Transactions
Author: Valeria Finucci
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822322955
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Edited collection discusses the first historically important debate on what constitutes modern literature, which focused on two 16th century works: ORLANDO FURIOSO and GERUSALEMME LIBERATA.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822322955
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Edited collection discusses the first historically important debate on what constitutes modern literature, which focused on two 16th century works: ORLANDO FURIOSO and GERUSALEMME LIBERATA.
Tasso and His Times
Author: William Boulting
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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The Life of Torquato Tasso
Author: Robert Milman (Bishop of Calcutta.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Languages : en
Pages : 348
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Life of Torquato Tasso; with an Historical and Critical Account of His Writings, by John Black. In Two Volumes
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Languages : en
Pages : 524
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Languages : en
Pages : 524
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The Jerusalem Delivered of Torquato Tasso
Author: Torquato Tasso
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Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Jerusalem Delivered: an Heroic Poem: Translated from the Italian of Torquato Tasso, by John Hoole. In Two Volumes. Vol. 1.[-2.]
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Languages : en
Pages : 406
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Languages : en
Pages : 406
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The Jerusalem Delivered of Torquato Tasso, Tr. in the Metre of the Original
Author: Torquato Tasso
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Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, an Heroic Poem
Author: Torquato Tasso
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Languages : en
Pages : 460
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Languages : en
Pages : 460
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Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered
Author: Torquato Tasso
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Category : Crusades
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Category : Crusades
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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