Captain Corelli's Island: Cephallonia
Worth buying if: You enjoy place books that reference Captain Corelli and Louis de Bernières’s novel.
Skip it if: You want a full historical monograph on Cephalonia’s wartime past rather than a travel portrait.
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Summary
Andy Harris’s Captain Corelli's Island: Cephallonia is a 160-page exploration of the Greek island’s landscapes, villages, and everyday scenes—mixing travel observation with place-based history tied to the fame of Louis de Bernières’s novel.
Why this book now
Readers curious about the real Cephalonia behind Captain Corelli will find Harris’s 1999 Trafalgar Square volume a timely visual counterpoint to ongoing interest in literary travel.
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- You enjoy place books that reference Captain Corelli and Louis de Bernières’s novel.
- You collect compact Trafalgar Square travel photo-essays about Greek islands.
- If you liked the pacing, the conversation drives the plot forward.
- You want a full historical monograph on Cephalonia’s wartime past rather than a travel portrait.
- You expect a modern guidebook with up-to-date accommodation listings and services.
- You need the newest edition, freshest examples, or the most current framing.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9781862053069
Worth buying if: You enjoy place books that reference Captain Corelli and Louis de Bernières’s novel.
Skip it if: You want a full historical monograph on Cephalonia’s wartime past rather than a travel portrait.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
Light Short sit-downs
At roughly 160 pages, this is a short, image-rich read you can finish in an afternoon or return to as a visual reference for Cephalonia and Captain Corelli tourism.
What stands out here
This Trafalgar Square edition foregrounds Harris’s photographic eye and on-the-ground vignettes of Cephalonia rather than exhaustive scholarship.
Best way to approach it
Browse by chapter or image: treat it as a photographic essay to dip into for scenes, place names, and impressions tied to Captain Corelli’s island.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9781862053069
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