
The final curtain is closing on the Second World War & Hana a nurse stays behind in an abandoned Italian villa to tend to her only remaining patient. Rescued by Bedouins from a burning plane he is English anonymous damaged beyond recognition & haunted by his memories of passion & betrayal. The only clue Hana has to his past is the one thing he clung on to through the fire
- a copy of The Histories by Herodotus covered with h&-written notes describing a painful & ultimately tragic love affair.