ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES

By Ernest Hemingway

Synopsis

Richard Cantrell, an American colonel, falls passionately in love with an Italian countess in Venice just after World War Two. The fighting may have ended but for some the longed-for peace has come too late.

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Narrator	Boyd Gaines
Length	7hrs 15mins
Catalogue No.	9911
Publisher	Clipper Audio Books

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