Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Captain Corelli's Mandolin
First Edition
AuthorLouis de Bernières
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical, Romance, War novel
PublisherSecker & Warburg
Publication date
1994
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages544
ISBN0-436-20158-5

Captain Corelli's Mandolin, released simultaneously in the United States as Corelli's Mandolin, is a 1994 novel by the British writer Louis de Bernières, set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Italian and German occupation of the Second World War. In 2003, the novel was listed at number 19 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.