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The story of the liberation of Naples, of one of the most morally ambiguous moments in the history of the Second World War. Naples 1944 is a powerful and eloquent evocation of a city and a people living at a time of great violence and turmoil.

From Berlin to Moscow, Seoul to Hiroshima, the Philippines to Israel, Prisoners of History gives a bold new account of the way the world reacted in the wake of World War Two. Amongst many questions, the book asks: why is Russia still building victory monuments at a prolific rate for a war now 70 years over? Why, despite loathing his legacy, does the town of Mussolini’s final resting place still honour his tomb like a shrine? Why does a bronze statue in Seoul of a young girl with a bird on her shoulder cause such controversy?

Despite being poor and from a broken home, carefree eight-year-old Paul is a happy and contented lad; that is until his mother marries the beast, and then everything changes. What he doesn't know, is how to handle the ensuing abuse, neglect, and violence. The next 40-plus years of his life constantly flips from black, dark periods of addiction and chaos, followed by white, light bursts of progress. What a disaster and waste - will alcoholism keep him in its vice-like grip?