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Mosel, 1919: Magdalena glaubt, endlich angekommen zu sein: frisch verheiratet, erfüllt von Liebe und Hoffnung. Doch schon bald spürt sie, dass der Alltag im Haus der Gronaus ganz andere Pläne für sie bereithält. Zwischen der strengen Schwiegermutter, endloser Arbeit und einem Mann, der ihre Sorgen nicht sehen will, droht ihre junge Ehe zu zerbrechen. Als sie erkennt, dass niemand außer ihr selbst ihr Glück verteidigen kann, fasst sie einen mutigen Entschluss, der ihr Leben – und ihre Ehe – auf die härteste Probe stellt.

This now-classic tale of SEAL combat action in Vietnam marked Dick Couch's debut as a novelist in 1990 and sold more than 100,000 copies. Hailed for its authenticity, it was the first novel about Navy SEALs to be written by one of their own. Couch, a SEAL platoon leader in the Mekong Delta from...

The Navy has its new submarines and must discover what to do with them. They cannot fall back upon Nelson as a precedent, and Their Lordships of the Admiralty are at a loss to create a strategy. Gilbert Maltravers is given a new E Class boat and sent off to the Mediterranean, in the hope that...

Första världskriget är över, men spanska sjukan gör det svårt att andas ut. Thea bestämmer sig för att återvända till Norge efter att hennes fästman förmodas ha stupat på stridsfältet. Men innan hon ger sig av ska hon försöka uppfylla vännen Aislynns sista önskan – att få in dottern Anna i Amerika. Anna blir dock sjuk på resan och isoleras på Ellis Island. I takt med att hon behandlas avslöjas Aislynns hemligheter och Thea tvingas fatta sitt livs största beslut.

The Prisoner is the much-anticipated sequel to Persephone Books’ bestselling title, Crooked Cross by Sally Carson. It is now August 1933, and the deadly fervour of Hitler’s Nazi regime continues to spread across Germany. Michael Reader, a young Englishman, decides to visit his friends the...

Germany, 1940. Roxy ducked behind the rusted train carriage in the darkness. She’d walked all night alone. She just needed to make it across the railyard and onto the final carriage of the train slowly pulling into the station ahead. Then she’d be safe. At least for a little while… Cared for by her aunt and extended family since losing her parents as a little girl, Roxy Popa has always felt like an outsider. She hates to follow the strict rules her family hold her to.

Auschwitz, 1944. Rosalie lifts her eyes from her list to the next prisoner in line—and her heart stops in shock. The man she loves stoops in front of her. Tears spring to her eyes, but she must pretend she doesn’t know him. It’s the only thing that might keep him alive… Day in, day out, servant Rosalie is forced to aid in the harrowing medical selections at Auschwitz, marking prisoners as “fit” or “unfit” with trembling hands. She once thought “unfit” meant they’d get the help they needed. Now she knows the devastating truth: “Fit” means they live another day, “unfit” means they don’t…

Dieses Hörbuch nimmt Sie mit in eine Zeit, in der der Alltag noch aus Handwerk, Arbeit und Zusammenhalt bestand – und in der sich zwischen Scheune, Werkstatt und Uferweg manchmal eine besondere Gelegenheit ergibt, die alles für einen Moment verändert. Pommern – ein Landstrich, der nach Wind, Holzrauch und Ostsee riecht. Wo der Himmel größer wirkt als anderswo, wo Alleen in die Ferne führen und kleine Städte mit Markt, Hafen und Kirche ihren eigenen Takt haben.

Stærke kvinder, skæbnestunder og en uforglemmelig rejse fra det eksotiske Saigon til et Europa på randen af krig. Da modefotografen Melanie Sommer vender hjem fra en arbejdsrejse til Vietnam, får hun en chokerende besked: Hendes forlovede, Robert, har været ude for en alvorlig bilulykke og ligger i koma. Overvældet af sorg, og efter måneder uden tegn på bedring, søger Melanie tilflugt på landet hos sin elskede oldemor Hanna.

The multimillion-copy bestselling phenomenon and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick. 'One of the greatest storytellers of our time' – Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing Soon to be a major motion picture, Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale has captured the hearts of millions of readers...

In this elegant gothic horror tale set in post-revolutionary Russia, two formerly aristocratic sisters race to uncover their family’s long-buried secrets in a house haunted by a past dangerous—and deadly—to remember. It is the summer of 1921, and a group of Bolsheviks have taken over Irina...

Tras su precipitado matrimonio con Octave de Fonneuve, Aldara, refugiada de la Guerra Civil, llega al Domaine de Clair de Lune, una imponente bodega de Borgoña. Cuando estalla la guerra en Francia, su marido cae prisionero y la deja sola frente a los recelos de su suegro, el acoso de su cuñado y la ocupación alemana.

Featuring a special introduction read by the author, David Baldacci, and read by a full cast, including Stewart Crank, Alexandra Boulton, John Lee, Nicola Delgado, Matthew Lloyd Davies, and Joe Pitts. 'A beautiful read that will linger long in the memory' – Kate Quinn During one of the...

Una historia de amor y coraje en tiempos de guerra. La última vez que Valerie estuvo en París, tenía tan solo tres años. Desde entonces ha vivido siempre alejada de la capital francesa y nunca ha conocido al abuelo Vincent, el único de sus familiares que sigue con vida y la única persona que conoce la verdad sobre lo que les ocurrió a sus padres y por qué tuvo que abandonar su propio hogar. Sin embargo, Vincent Dupont no es un hombre fácil: es antipático, exigente y poco flexible. Lo único que realmente parece importarle es su librería.

Brought to you by Penguin. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 A moment is all it takes to shatter a family. The echoes last a lifetime... One evening, ten-year-old Louisa and her father, Serk, take a walk out on the breakwater. They are...

When the sun goes down, the secrets come out... After her parents' deaths, Aria Jones is sent to live with her reclusive starlet aunt at the Chateau Marmont, the hotel on Hollywood Boulevard with a notorious reputation. Left alone to wander the hotel, Aria sees everything - all the ways people...

June, 1976. Western Europe is caught in the grips of a relentless and sweltering heatwave. In London, the summer marks a milestone of a different kind for Edie: a decade married to the love of her life, and their first child on the way. But on the night that she plans to tell Joe their news, he...

Brought to you by Penguin. Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize 2025 The knock on the door changed everything. Until then, we were happy; we knew who we were. ‘You’ve got the wrong person,’ I told him. ‘My wife is gentle and kind. She wouldn’t hurt a fly.’ In 1939, when she was...

Brought to you by Penguin. The second book in the Royal Maids series that sees a young woman swap a Welsh mining town for Buckingham Palace! Rosa Edwards is finally settling in her role as a Royal Maid - but are things as rosy as they seem with her new sweetheart? December 1944. Royal Maid Rosa...

“Moving and fiercely clever. . . a triumph of storytelling.” —Clare Leslie Hall, New York Times bestselling author of Broken Country A mesmerizing coming-of-age story of an extraordinary young woman in turn-of-the-century France as she rises to find a life she’d never dreamed possible...

The brand new absolutely gripping and heartbreaking World War II historical novel from master storyteller Marius Gabriel.

After losing her husband, Bradley, in the Titanic disaster, Florence Cumings' heartache is far from over. Her teenage son, Wells, is killed in the WWI battle of Belleau Wood while defending France with the Allies. Two decades later, her second husband, Chess, dies of influenza shortly before her eldest son, Jack, succumbs to the effects of injuries sustained in the Great War. Now, in the midst of WWII, Florence lives alone in New York City until her granddaughter Eva comes to stay with her.

Gordon Parker is just an eager 18-year-old Australian boy desperate to fight for his country, and Nobuko 'Cherry' Sakuramoto is a 16-year-old girl struggling to survive in Japan in the aftermath of World War II. But when they fall in love, they change the course of history. When Gordon arrived in Japan, he expected ruthless samurai, angry Japanese men ready to kill Australians at every corner. Instead, he found Cherry, terrified of ex-enemy soldiers, a 16-year-old survivor of the atomic bomb. Against all the rules and against all odds, they fall in love.

Londres, mai 1941. Pierre de Vomécourt, alias « Lucas », est l'un des premiers agents « action » du SOE parachutés sur le sol français sur ordre de Churchill. Avec René Piercy et sa femme Thérèse, ils vont créer à Lyon le noyau dur du SOE dans le Rhône. Sous le pseudonyme de Lucas, Pierre de Vomécourt est l'un des premiers Français parachutés. Il recrute René Piercy et Thérèse Leblond, un couple lyonnais décidé à tout risquer pour la liberté.

Londres, 1914. Harper's, le grand magasin d'Oxford Street, où se sont rencontrées Sally, Beth, Rachel et Maggie fête ses deux ans d'existence. Toutes quatre ont bien évolué depuis leurs débuts comme vendeuses, mais l'entrée en guerre de la Grande-Bretagne va chambouler leur quotidien. Maggie veut s'engager comme infirmière volontaire, le mari de Sally veut revêtir l'uniforme. Mêlant petites histoires à la grande, Rosie Clarke nous entraîne dans le sillage de jeunes femmes déterminées à réussir dans une Angleterre encore patriarcale qui bascule soudain dans la Première Guerre mondiale.

Eighteen-year-old Junie Wallace is a smart girl and, with two brothers away at war and a third recently killed in action, she knows there is only one way to save the family farm for her grieving parents. Unfortunately, that solution involves marrying the unscrupulous Ernest, and breaking the heart of the young drover she loves, Michael. But the war is looming ever closer, and when Pearl Harbour brings the threat of Japanese aggression to Australian shores, the fates of many becomes inextricably interwoven.

The Four Winds meets Bonnie and Clyde in this exhilarating historical thriller in which an unforgettable mother races to find the gangster she once loved—before the law gets to him first. "Die Famous is the best gangster novel I’ve ever read." —Stephen King “I loved the man and I wanted...

Two young women uncover the deadly secrets of a legendary estate—and their own dark bond—in this delicious historical thriller inspired by the mysterious origins of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, and as could only be penned by the award-winning author of A Haunting on the Hill. It's the 1920s...

During World War I, the ancient manor house of Greyladies in rural Wiltshire is requisitioned for a hospital. Living in Swindon, Phoebe Sinclair is unaware of any connection to Greyladies and the Latimers. She loses her job when her German employers are interned because of the war. When Phoebe is posted to the hospital at Greyladies, she feels she's come home. But Frank is still pursuing her and Corin has his own problems. With obstacles at every turn, can Phoebe find happiness and embrace the role of mistress of Greyladies?

Die Geschichte eines Hauses und der Menschen, die es bewohnen: von der NS-Zeit bis heute, von Leben, Verantwortung und Erinnerung Das alte Haus erzählt. Denn seine Mauern, Dielen und Ritzen bewahren die Erinnerungen an alle Menschen, die es jemals bewohnt haben. Schon als Kind hat Irma Thon mit ihren nazitreuen Eltern im ersten Stock gelebt. Während die 90-Jährige zurückblickt und immer wieder an die kleine Ruth Sternheim von damals denken muss, erfreuen sie die Gespräche mit Nele Bittner aus dem Vierten.