{"product_id":"sounds-of-the-hours","title":"Sounds Of The Hours","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Moving, complex, romantic, and beautifully written, Karen Campbell’s saga … is a triumph’ Allan Massie, \u003ci\u003eScotsman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDivided by loyalties, brought together by war\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeptember, 1943. Tuscany, Italy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the hilltop town of Barga, everyone holds their breath. Even the bells fall silent. Everything Vittoria Guidi knows and loves is at risk. German troops occupy the mountains around her home, as America’s Buffalo Soldiers prepare to invade. As Vittoria’s country is torn in two, so is her conscience. Should she side with her Scots-Italian father or her Fascist mother? Should she do what she is told – or what she believes in?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrank Chapel, a young, black American soldier fighting with the Buffalo soldiers for a country that refuses him the vote, is unlike anyone Vittoria has ever met.  In the chaos, they find each other – but can their growing love overcome prejudice and war?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318098305406,"sku":"NW9781408857359","price":9.72,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781408857359.jpg?v=1778723371","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/sounds-of-the-hours","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}