Under the purple sky July 9, 2019 – Posted in: Books

The true story of a forgotten hero. A teenage spy. In the darkness of war, following the footsteps of history, a love unfolds.

Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, the Under the Purple Sky is an epic story of a young man who demonstrates incredible fortitude and courage during one of the darkest moments in world history, World War II.

Pino wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He is an ordinary Italian teenager - obsessed with music, food and girls. But his days of innocence are numbered. When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Pino helps Jews escape the Alps and falls in love with Anna, a beautiful widow six years his senior.

In an attempt to protect him, Pino's parents force him to become a German soldier – a move they think will keep him out of the war. But after his injury he is hired at the age of eighteen as the personal driver of Adolf Hitler's right-hand man in Italy, General Hans Leiers, one of the most mysterious and powerful commanders of the Third Reich.

Given the opportunity to spy on the Allies inside the German High Command, Pino endures the horrors of war and Nazi occupation, fighting in secret, with a courage fueled by his love for Anna and the life he dreams of sharing with her. in the future.