High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Captain Corelli's Mandolin, released simultaneously as Corelli's Mandolin. in the United States, is a 1994novel written by Louis de Berni res which takes place on the island of Cephallonia (Kefalonia) during the Italian and German occupation of World War II. The main characters are Antonio Corelli, an Italian captain, and Pelagia, the daughter of the local physician, Dr. Iannis. An important event in the...