Four's Destiny: A Wartime Greek Tragedy (Leros Destinies)

The book traces the lives of four young men, Godfrey (English), Rolf (German), Marco (Italian) and Yiannis (Greek) - each born in 1920 - and their families. Marco and Yiannis come from the small island of Leros, then part of the Italian-ruled Dodecanese group. They all meet in 1936 at the Nuremburg Youth Rally when Godfrey visits Rolf on a student exchange and Marco is invited to visit his second cousin, Rolf, with his friend Yiannis. When war breaks out, the four serve their countries in various fields of battle. In 1943, Italy changes to the Allied side and their lives come together again when Yiannis, now a sailor on the distinguished Greek destroyer, 'Queen Olga', transports British troops to Leros and meets Godfrey, now a member of the British Long Range Desert Group, and Marco, serving in the Italian army on Leros. Rolf, now stationed in Greece as a bomber pilot is fated to drop one of the bombs which sinks the Olga and, in the final act before his plane crashes, to strafe Marco's anti-aircraft battery.This debut novel from Michael Powell follows in the great tradition of modern historical fiction by Victoria Hislop, Louis de Bernieres and Robert Harris.

• | Author: Michael Powell
• | Publisher: Movement Publishing
• | Publication Date: Apr 25, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 320 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 151363528X
• | ISBN-13: 9781513635286