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When Yvette Dubois's husband inherits a remote chateau, she reluctantly leaves Lyon behind – only for Armand to abandon her there to manage the vineyard alone. Everything changes the day she hears a mysterious knocking in the library. Behind a tapestry, she discovers a hidden tunnel – along with two frightened orphans. Yvette vows to continue the important work, wanting to honour the legacy. But Armand insists their safety depends on appeasing the occupiers.

G.W. Pabst, uno de los más grandes directores de cine, quizás el más grande de su época, está rodando en Francia cuando los nazis llegan al poder. Hollywood se presenta como la única salida para escapar de los horrores que anuncia la nueva Alemania, pero, bajo el sol cegador de California, el famoso director es un don nadie, y ni siquiera Greta Garbo, la actriz a la que catapultó, quiere ayudarle.

Young Julia Fowler's life revolves around Poole Harbour and its lifeboat – her older brother Wilbur is a volunteer crew member, and every blast of the mortar fills her with fear for his safety. When news of the Titanic disaster reaches the town, the close-knit seafaring community is rocked to its core. Julia and her friends – Kathy, Flora, and Betsy – are discovering new opportunities for themselves, stepping up in a world that is slowly beginning to open doors to women. Opposition rises at home and in the community, and tensions grow as the country edges closer to war.

Manchester, 1936 Fascism looms in Europe, and Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts are on the rise. Meanwhile, aspiring artist Rose is drawn to an unlikely stranger, unaware her future is about to be caught up in the growing storm. Facing straitened circumstances, following the death of their clergyman...

May 1942. Thousands of American GIs are stationed across eastern England building airfields to bomb Germany. Cambridge is a 'liberty town' - a hot spot for 'Yanks' on leave. DI Eden Brooke is called to the aerodrome five miles east of the city when the remains of an airman, identified by his dog...

Brought to you by Penguin. Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It’s locked at all times. Because when the trunk opens, people around Adelaide start to disappear. The year is 1915, and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin killed her parents, forcing...

Beautifully read by Indira Varma and poignantly told, Marking Time is the second novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard’s bestselling family saga The Cazalet Chronicles, set during the onset of World War II. 'Compelling, moving, unputdownable . . . Maybe my favourite books ever' - Marian Keyes...

Walther est un fantassin prussien. Vétéran de nombreuses campagnes, il est usé par les blessures. Erika est une fière Allemande qui refuse de plier. Tous deux s’apprêtent à subir de plein fouet l’invasion soviétique. Le premier fourbit ses armes, prêt au combat, prêt à défendre son foyer et sa famille. La seconde est communiste. Elle croit que l’Armée rouge libérera l’Allemagne du fascisme. Elle ne sait pas qu’une terrible fureur l’anime le bras de l’ennemi.

A debut historical novel destined to become a classic like Little Women, this coming-of-age story records an upstate New York family’s suffering and growth through World War I and its aftermath through the eyes of a young woman. Eleanor Foerster, a bright and irreverent fourteen-year-old...

1942-1944 Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial la estación internacional de Canfranc, en Huesca, se convirtió en un enclave de vital importancia para los aliados. Por allí cruzaron miles de judíos e información trascendental para el devenir de la contienda a través del cura del pueblo, la...

From The Unexpected Diva author Tiffany Warren—a dishy and dramatic novel of the Harlem Renaissance and its most famous Black debutante, Yolande Du Bois, daughter of W.E.B. Du Bois, whose spectacular wedding to poet Countee Cullen was the society event of the year...even though the bride and...

Set in the dual timelines of present-day New Jersey and 1950s Ireland, and based on real historical events, comes a powerful, poignant novel of sisterhood, family secrets, and resilience from the author of the “profound, moving, and memorable” (Fresh Fiction) The Women on Platform Two. New...

Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter Hanna entdeckt Anne ein handgeschriebenes Buch in deren Nachttischschublade. Während ihr Bruder abwinkt, taucht Anne mit klopfendem Herzen ein in die Vergangenheit der Mutter, die bis in das dunkelste Kapitel deutscher Geschichte zurückreicht. Sie liest von...

Tommaso is just about making it work: travelling abroad for his job, helping his girlfriend with her two unruly sons, and keeping up with the eccentricities of his Italian grandmother, Alma. But as Alma grows increasingly troubled by strange and unsettling memories, Tommaso realises that there...

Belgien 1917, Erster Weltkrieg: Der kanadische Soldat Freddie kämpft gemeinsam mit einem schwer verwundeten deutschen Soldaten in einem eingestürzten Bunker ums Überleben … Einige Zeit später: Während in Flandern immer noch die Granaten einschlagen, erhält die Krankenschwester Laura ein...

Brought to you by Penguin. The first book in a heart warming and uplifting historical fiction series, perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin Will she find the strength to start again? When Jenny Gregory leaves wartime London for the quiet town of Allanby Cross, she feels as though her...

Brought to you by Penguin. The heartbreaking Japanese classic telling the story of two orphans fighting for survival at the end of World War Two, published in English for the first time In the dying days of the War, Seita and Setsuko must fend for themselves. Firebombs have obliterated their...

The USA Today Bestseller! In the shadowy underbelly of Cold War Moscow, Mae Pierce, once a formidable OSS agent, has found herself once again thrust into a perilous mission that could spell redemption—or ruin. Tasked with posing as a model at the American Exhibition, Mae is haunted by the...

Heartbroken by unrequited love, courage will guide her path . . . When Molly and her best friend both fall in love with Harry Spencer, their former closeness is strained, but Molly quickly turns her mind to the Suffragette movement, finding solace and passion in helping their cause. With the...

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover a heart-warming and uplifting tale of resilience and friendship among the working women during World War II, from the author of The Bomb Girls January 1942. With female conscription filling the production line, the Bell Works factory is building more Spitfires...