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May 3, 2018 · My father is now 92 and lives an hour north of Milan, and his name is Pino Lella. His last two years as a teenager are inseparable from the war and the fall of Fascism. My dad, the protagonist of author Mark Sullivan’s 2017 Amazon bestseller, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, was born in 1926.
Apr 27, 2021 · A well-researched historical basis stimulates my mind. So it’s no surprise that the premise of Mark T. Sullivan’s Beneath a Scarlet Sky wowed me. The novel was based on “the true story of a forgotten hero,” Pino Lella, an Italian youth who led refugees over the mountains to freedom in physical acts of courage.
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True stories are sometimes more astounding than fiction. Such is the case with Pino Lella. T his article was originally published on FEE.org. Read the original article. N othing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like. — Francois de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680).
Fascinated, Sullivan placed a call to the man, Pino Lella, in Milan. “I understand you’re an unsung hero,” Sullivan said. Mark Sullivan, left, and Giuseppe ‘Pino’ Lella “I no hero. I’m more of a coward,” Lella replied. Sullivan flew to Italy to interview Lella and the pair collaborated on the resulting book for ten years.
May 3, 2018 · Pino, who turned 92 in June 2018, is the subject of the terrific bestseller by Mark Sullivan, Beneath a Scarlet Sky . His son Michael tells the story here. From Left to Right: Pino Lella, Luigi Manzione, Lawrence Reed—northern Italy, April 2018.
Jan 26, 2019 · It is based on the true story of a great Italian guy, Pino Lella, who played a part in the Allies’ success in northern Italy. Pino, who is now about 90 years old is an unsung hero of World War 2. At seventeen years old, Pino and his little brother are sent to a Catholic boys camp in the Alps on the border between Italy and Switzerland because ...
May 9, 2017 · Clearly, you are passionate about Pino Lella’s story. Thank you for sharing some of it with us. BENEATH A SCARLET SKY is #1 New York Times bestseller Mark Sullivan’s riveting new tale of extraordinary courage and tragic star-crossed love during the Nazi occupation of Italy—“The Forgotten Front” of World War II.
