Il segreto del vecchio olmo - Daniela Folco

Italian Easy Reader: Il segreto del vecchio olmo - Daniela Folco

Italian Easy Reader, 80 page fully-illustrated book + audio CD. Level B1 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)

Beautifully designed and illustrated easy reader complete with grammar and comprehension exercises. The text includes an introduction in accessible Italian containing interesting facts that place the story into context as well as a glossary at the bottom of the page which explains difficult terms. The audio CD contains both a complete reading of the text by a professional narrator and a set of pronunciation exercises. The combined package of book and CD work brilliantly together to create a wonderful, captivating learning resource for intermediate level learners of Italian.

Il segreto del vecchio olmo by Daniela Folco - Summary

In a village on Lake Maggiore Andrea’s return from Australia and the wedding of his niece, Paolo, is being celebrated. The enjoyment of the moment is soon to turn into anguish. An unexplainable murder is about to be committed during the wedding reception and it is followed shortly after by another mysterious death. A brilliant marshal of the Carabinieri finds himself involved in a complicated case; the solution of which is kept in the trunk of an old elm tree.

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In un paese del Lago Maggiore si festeggiano il ritorno di Andrea dall'Australia e le nozze di sua nipote Paola. L'allegria del momento è però destinata a trasformarsi ben presto in angoscia. Un omicidio inspiegabile sta per essere compiuto proprio durante il pranzo di nozze e sarà seguito, nel giro di breve, da un'altra morte misteriosa. Un brillante maresciallo dei Carabinieri si trova di fronte ad un caso complicato, la cui soluzione è custodita dal tronco di un vecchio olmo.