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A world on the brink of war. One woman whose courage could change everything. Paris, 1938. As Europe teeters on the edge of war, Lady Pamela More knows her latest assignment is her most dangerous yet. Her days as a London society columnist are merely a cover. She must infiltrate the decadent...

A heart-pounding military adventure in the air! For fans of Derek Robinson, James Holland, Frank Barnard and Jack Higgins. Can the female pilots stop an attack on London…? Autumn, 1943Sisters Anna and Jennifer Nightingale have been flying in top missions with the Secret Sirens all-female RAF unit for nearly a year. Their squadron of twelve Mosquitos stages a raid on Rouen to divert the enemy’s attention from the Lancasters that are coming in to bomb the marshalling yards and port.

In this moving, coming-of-age novel set in the heart of Eastern Europe during the years between the World Wars, a random act of violence by local anti-Semitic thugs casts Wolchi, a trusting and superstitious teenage boy, and Leja, his bookish but independent older sister, on a life-changing journey through a world gone mad. The story unfolds over 15 years in the small towns of Western Ukraine, the urban sophistication of 1930s Krakow, and a wartime Soviet Union.

The story takes place in two timelines. The first begins in the city of Darmstadt, Germany, on November 9, 1938, during Kristallnacht, and follows the plight of the young girl Sarah Frank and her escape from the SS officer, Hauptsturmführer Hubert Zimmer. She finds refuge in the marvelous circus of Adolf Frey. Adolf, the circus owner and famous lion trainer, is married to Louis, a French woman and elephant trainer, who hides her Jewish identity.

An all new edition from the best-selling author of ME BEFORE YOU and THE LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER. A moving novel based on a true story. Australia, 1946. 650 brides are departing for England to meet the men they married in wartime. But instead of the luxury liner they were expecting, they...

'A superior historical thriller, which is both a murder mystery and espionage novel...for fans of Alan Furst and Philip Kerr.' - Thomas Waugh Manchester, 1919. To Detective Chief Inspector Frank Tinsley, it initially appears to be a straightforward crime. A drunkard has been stabbed to death and...

Lancaster, 1943. As the war rages on, the Red Cross girls will do whatever it takes to bring their boys home. But can they find happiness in such troubling times? When Livvy receives her orders for war work, she’s desperate for a new beginning. Most of her friends have been sent to munitions factories, so she is delighted to be working for the Red Cross, who are making secret packages that can help prisoners of war escape.

En 1940 Winston Churchill tiene una idea que cambiará el curso de la guerra: crear una nueva sección de los servicios secretos, el Special Operations Executive (SOE), para llevar a cabo acciones de sabotaje desde el interior de las líneas enemigas. Unos meses más tarde, el joven Paul-Émile deja París rumbo a Londres con la esperanza de unirse a la Resistencia. El SOE no tarda en llamarlo a sus filas, junto a un grupo de jóvenes compañeros.

Set in 1945 between Hitler's death and Hiroshima, The Second Child is a satirical thriller about one young woman's plot to outsmart the supreme dictators in a world on fire. From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The First Friend. You can't choose your family, but you can choose...

Defeat is a moment; victory is a legacy. In the blistering heat of the North African desert, the air crackles with tension as the unrelenting Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel, closes in on the beleaguered forces of the Allied troops. Private John ‘Hawkeye’ Sharratt, a battle-sharpened soldier...

Rosalba sente per la prima volta l'aria dell'Atlantico. Il suo mondo è sempre stato piccolo, comprendeva le colline del Carso e a stento la città di Trieste, ma il piroscafo su cui si è imbarcata viaggia verso un luogo nuovo. In Canada l'aspetta un lavoro come governante a casa di James Phillips, un ex ufficiale della marina inglese. Rosalba è coraggiosa, non perde la caparbietà e l'intelligenza che l'hanno sempre contraddistinta.

From one of the great storytellers of our time, an exquisite period piece—a disarming and memorable caper, in which not everything is quite as it seems At first, I took you for a charming jewel thief. London, 1938. After attending a music hall matinee, Richard Hadley has an unexpected...

An unlikely friendship between two spirited girls in rural Florida bridges social divides as they attempt to solve a decades-old mystery involving an old plantation house, an orange grove, and a legendary diamond—a richly atmospheric debut novel perfect for fans of Broken Country and Where the...

After spending her childhood in Haddon House Children's Hostel, Alice Tucker is selected to go into service at Holmorton Lodge. Left behind in the workhouse after the death of her father and the disappearance of her mother, the only clues to Alice's past lie in hazy childhood memories. Now, ten years later, she longs to uncover the truth about her family and who she really is. When a chance discovery leads her from a Welsh nursing home to a solicitor's office in Manchester, Alice begins to unravel a story far more tangled than she imagined.

In 1942, eighteen-year-old Marisol Mazaria arrives with her Romani family at Ohio's Buckeye Lake Amusement Park where big bands come to play and thousands of wartime-weary visitors long for an escape. She is desperate for work and haunted by tragedy after her abusive husband's violent death. Marisol faces a future of tarot card fortune-telling and servitude—until a chance encounter with Will Worthington changes everything.

Told almost exclusively through other characters' perceptions, conversations and memories, Woolf's groundbreaking novel centres around Jacob Flanders, a young man whose identity is difficult to grasp. Rather than presenting a conventional biography, Woolf assembles Jacob's presence from absence, evoking an air of emptiness and mystery, set against the haunting shadow of the First World War.

Set just before World War I, The Good Soldier is a tragic, psychologically rich novel of love, betrayal and illusion. It is regarded as one of Ford's best works, and has been adapted for theatre, television and radio. Poignant and intricately crafted, The Good Soldier is told through the eyes of John Dowell, an unreliable and often naïve narrator. Through fragmented and non-linear storytelling, Dowell recounts the breakdown of his marriage to Florence, and the deterioration of Edward and Leonora's relationship, his prior friends.

Frightfully clever and ambitious, Joan dreams of becoming a journalist after graduating. Stepping into her professional career on the eve of the First World War, she moves effortlessly through the worlds of journalism and politics. Meeting a rich cast of characters along the way, Joan navigates opposing perceptions, moral dilemmas and unexpected adventures for the very first time.

W poruszającej powieści rozgrywającej się w 1944 i 2004 roku splatają się losy Heleny i jej wnuczki Kariny – dwóch kobiet połączonych tajemnicą sprzed lat. W czasie wojny Helena, starając się ocalić siostrę, trafia na roboty przymusowe do Niemiec. Tam, w cieniu okrucieństwa i rozpaczy, rodzi się zakazana miłość między nią a Johannem, synem bauera.

Four housewives. One quiet street. A Cold War secret that could destroy everything. In a town built around America’s most secretive nuclear site, housewife Betty Mahoney knows the rules: don’t ask questions, and don’t listen too closely. But when the Beckers move in, Betty and the other...