The Exile of Capri is a 1959 novel by French writer Roger Peyrefitte, based on the lives of Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen and Nino Cesarini.[1]

The Exile of Capri
AuthorRoger Peyrefitte
Original titleL'Exilé de Capri
TranslatorEdward Hyams
LanguageFrench
PublisherGroupe Flammarion
Publication date
1959
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
1961
Media typePrint
Pages284
ISBN978-0436369025

Plot Summary

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The book starts with a handsome Frenchman in his early 30s meeting a beautiful young seventeen-year-old French boy on the crest of Vesuvius in 1897. They befriend at first sight, and each starts to suspect that they have something more in common than a love for climbing mountains.[2]

Bibliography

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  • "L'exilé De Capri". Roger Peyrefitte. Flammarion. ISBN 2-253-00119-8. 1959
  • "The Exile of Capri". Roger Peyrefitte. Translation: Edward Hyams. Secker & Warburg. 1961
  • "The Exile of Capri". Roger Peyrefitte. Foreword by Jean Cocteau. Fleet Publishing Corporation. ASIN B0006BN744. 1965.
  • "El exiliado de Capri". Roger Peyrefitte. Paperback. Editorial Egales. ISBN 978-84880-520-94. 2006

References

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  1. ^ FitzGibbon, Constantine (1961-11-01). "The Exile of Capri. By Roger Peyrefitte. Secler & Warburg". Encounter: 81.
  2. ^ Acton, Harold (1965-10-14). "Enfant Terrible". New York Book Reviews. Retrieved 2017-12-14.