Across the River and Into the Trees John Ross Macdonald and it touches your heart

and it touches your heart

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Across the River and Into the Trees John Ross Macdonald and it touches your heartThe War is just over. In Venice, a city elaborately and affectionately described, the American Colonel, Richard Cantrell, falls passionately in love with Renata, a young Italian countess who has 'a profile that could break your or anyone else's heart'. Cantrell is embittered, war scarred and old enough to be Renata's father, but he is overwhelmed by the selflessness and freshness of the love she is offering. But this is no fairy tale. The fighting may