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Gold, Doug.

The note through the wire / Doug Gold. - Auckland, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin, 2019. - 336 pages 24 cm

The Note Through the Wire is a true World War II love story about a Slovenian partisan, Josefine Lobnik, and a New Zealand prisoner of war, Bruce Murray, who met by chance when she pushed a note through the barbed wire fence of a POW camp. A series of remarkable coincidences saw their lives intersect, but they had to overcome extraordinary obstacles to realise their dream of a life together. On one level this is a rollicking yarn, with tales of intrigue, daring, resistance, retaliation and escape. On another it's a fascinating account of the resistance movement, the disastrous Allied Greek campaign, the harshness of wartime life in a conquered nation, the civil tensions that divided a young country and the barbarity of the advancing Soviet forces. But at its heart this is an against-all-odds love story between a POW and a local freedom fighter - a true story with all the elements of fast-paced fiction.

ISBN: 1988547091 9781988547091

Subjects--Personal Names:
Lobnik, Josefine
Murray, Bruce

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Prisoners of war--Slovenia--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Slovenia.

Dewey Class. No.: 940.5472092