The year is 1935 and twenty-something Ceseli Larson, a young American woman from New York, has arrived in Ethiopia to study the lost ruins of Axum. A scholar of early writing of Christianity, she hopes to find the possible resting place of the Ark of the Covenant and the long-forgotten archaeological secrets that lie within. What she does not count on is that Benito Mussolini’s invasion of Ethiopia is about to be unleashed, sending her already dangerous journey into chaos. On her way to the capital, Addis Ababa, Ceseli meets a young Italian doctor, Mario, and she begins to fall in love with his idealism and disdain for the fascist rule of his homeland. When she becomes an unwilling witness and participant in a bloody battle between barefoot Ethiopian soldiers and Italian fascists, Ceseli finds herself forced to pick a side. Love in the Land of Barefoot Soldiers is a sweeping tale of romance and war, as Ceseli is caught in the fog of war while falling deeply in love with Marco, an Italian doctor, and volunteer for the Ethiopian Red Cross.Love in the Land of Barefoot Soldiers is a sweeping tale of romance and war, as Ceseli is caught in the fog of war while falling deeply in love with Marco, an Italian doctor, and volunteer for the Ethiopian Red Cross.

Love in the Land of Barefoot Soldiers: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Vieta, Frances

United States

Skyhorse Publishing

Can newfound love survive the ravages of modern warfare in the land of the Queen of Sheba? Twenty-something Ceseli Larson is mourning the recent death of her cherished father. His passing comes as she prepares to undertake a planned but harrowing expedition to the lost ruins of Axum. Axum, capital of an ancient kingdom and the possible resting place of the Ark of the Covenant, was also once the famous home of the Queen of Sheba. Ceseli hopes to uncover its long-forgotten archaeological mysteries. What she does not count on, though, is that Benito Mussolini’s invasion of Ethiopia looms on the horizon, about to be unleashed, sending an already dangerous journey into chaos. Nor does she expect the feeling she discovers for a young Italian doctor, nor the romance that blossoms between them. Love in the Land of Barefoot Soldiers is a sweeping tale of romance and war, as Ceseli is caught between the movements of empires and her growing love for a member of the invading army. History and the destruction of the modern era collide in this exciting drama. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fictionnovels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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Love in the Land of Barefoot Soldiers: A Novel

Love in the Land of Barefoot Soldiers: A Novel