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Wiltshire, December 1915. Widow Olivia Hanbury is persuaded by her cousin Donald to move in with his meek little wife while he is serving in France. When he's wounded and returns home to convalesce, tensions immediately rise between him and lively Olivia. But things begin to look up when Olivia becomes involved in starting the new Women's Institutes and is introduced to Alex, an antiques dealer. Meanwhile, Phoebe Latimer is holding the fort at Greyladies, an ancient manor house, while her husband is away at war. But someone is attempting to rid Greyladies of the German internees based there.

Born into an aristocratic German Jewish family, Ernst Baerwald is a gifted linguist, talented musician, and fearless idealist. When he’s recruited in 1900 to become a spy—his cover working for a company that would become the notorious chemical conglomerate IG Farben—his life becomes an extraordinary adventure spanning two continents, two world wars, and impossible choices that will haunt him forever.

Amsterdam, 1940: Schoolteacher Aletta knows the war will soon reach her and the Jewish children in her class. When her family hide an injured Allied airman in their home, they must decide: how much will they risk when resistance could prove deadly? Paris, 1940: Since her mother’s death, Chloe has dedicated herself to protecting her brothers. So when the SS accuses Claude of being in the Resistance, she sacrifices herself to save him.

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This debut novel from food writer Leah Eskin of the Chicago Tribune combines the historical sweep and emotional power of The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer and the resonant use of food and recipes of Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel.

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In 1939 Georgia, far removed from the war brewing overseas, Cora Cain's world feels small—and shrinking. There, she runs The Brunswick, her family's once-grand hotel, which is now struggling as the town's general store. When Thomas Watkins arrives seeking work and solace after his mother's death, a connection sparks between them. Through Thomas, Cora glimpses a life beyond obligation and her war hero father's unpredictable moods. But everything changes when Cora is asked to turn The Brunswick into a sanctuary for Jewish children fleeing persecution in Germany.

"Everything you want in a story" declares Helen Paris, the acclaimed author of The Invisible Women's Club, and indeed, this captivating historical novel weaves together threads of love, loyalty, and revolution against the haunting backdrop of World War II London. "Immersive...

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As the war turns in Britain’s favour, Brin confronts old and new enemies and discovers someone close to him is a British traitor. Jameson finally breaks free of the torturer, Anton Ziegler, but is he walking into even greater danger when the SS takes him captive and extradites him to Berlin? MI5 continues to groom its double-cross agents in the lead up to Britain’s greatest deception against Germany, while the Germans use a legion of British traitors in their propaganda war against Russia.

Two novels inspired by the author’s personal experience in British Intelligence during the First World War: in which Naval Intelligence officer Roger Waterlow, stuck ashore in a sweltering country in South-eastern Europe, and working from scraps of gossip gathered by his ramshackle network of agents, struggles to make a real difference in the war, against the indifference and incompetence of the British authorities.

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.

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...

By the New York Times bestselling author of The Christie Affair, a novel set in Gilded Age New York about a desperate mother and headstrong daughter navigating a world built on men’s appetites and women’s silence At the dawn of the twentieth century, widow Isabelle Bishop still believes in...

S. A. Cosby's All the Sinners Bleed meets Percival Everett's Erasure in this literary thriller following the grandson of a famous Black actress from the 1920s to the 1940s, now a filmmaker himself, who returns to his grandmother's cabin retreat in the California mountains only to encounter the...

Her husband vanishes. The truth lies buried in wartime London. The day after their wedding in Dominica, LeJeune sails to England to build a home for them. When Essie receives only a single letter from him, she must leave her Caribbean home and travel across the ocean to post-WWII London, determined to uncover what really happened. In Stepney, the people who knew him—his army friend and the woman who first captured his heart—hold pieces of the truth. As Essie digs deeper, secrets from his wartime past begin to unravel, threatening everything she believed about love, loyalty, and herself.

Zwischen sanften Hügeln, weiten Feldern, dichten Wäldern und alten Städten entfaltet sich im gesprochenen Wort ein Schlesien, das es so nicht mehr gibt. Dieses Hörbuch erzählt von einer Zeit vor dem großen Umbruch, als das Leben einfacher war, aber nicht leichter. Von Menschen, die arbeiteten, hofften, liebten – und manchmal an einer einzigen Entscheidung wuchsen. Jede Geschichte ist an einen realen Ort gebunden. Bauern, Handwerker, Hebammen, Händler und Kinder stehen im Mittelpunkt – keine großen Helden, sondern Menschen mit stiller Stärke und kleinen Geheimnissen.

In the heart of war-torn Warsaw, Franceska, a talented ballerina, finds herself entangled in a web of fear, love, and resilience. As the Nazi regime tightens its grip, Franceska and her family are thrust into a world where survival is uncertain, and every decision carries the weight of life and death. Amidst the chaos, Franceska's passion for dance becomes her sanctuary, a fleeting escape from the horrors that surround her. But when her beloved city is threatened with destruction, she must confront unimaginable choices.

For 13-year-old Sarah Waldman, life in the small Polish town of Olkusz is idyllic, grounded in her loving, close-knit family and the traditions of their Jewish faith. But in 1939, as the Nazis come to power, a storm is gathering—a relentless, unforgiving storm that will sweep Sarah and her family into years of misery in the ghetto and concentration camps, tearing them apart. Will Sarah's strong will and determination be enough for her to survive when everything she loves is taken from her?