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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction Winner of the Winston Graham Historical Prize 2025 December 1962, the West Country. Local doctor Eric Parry, mulling secrets, sets out on his rounds, while his pregnant wife sleeps on in the warmth of...

In the early hours of 5 June 1944, Captain Rob Collins, played by Benedict Cumberbatch, who is languishing in hospital, receives a call that will take him on a journey through England that will change his life. Mike Walker's play is an epic journey across England poised on the edge of a historical moment. It is set on June 5th, the day before the invasion. It is a portrait of England waiting for the invasion that will change the course of history, but an invasion only a very few know that is about happen. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliet Stevenson and Claudia Harrison.

The Palazzo Colombina is home to the Uccello family: three generations of men, trapped together in the dusty palace on Venice's Grand Canal. Awkward 15-year-old Nico. His distant, business-focused father. And his beloved grandfather, Paolo. Paolo is dying. But before he passes, he has secrets he's waited his whole life to share. 

Antiretorico e originale romanzo sulla Resistenza, Il partigiano Johnny narra la storia di un giovane studente, appassionato di letteratura inglese, che dopo l'8 settembre decide di unirsi alle formazioni ribelli nelle Langhe. Tra imboscate, attese nei casali, conflitti a fuoco e fughe attraverso le colline, emerge la profonda dimensione esistenziale dell'opera ricca di spunti autobiografici. Lasciato incompiuto, il romanzo viene pubblicato postumo.

Brought to you by Penguin. This is the story of three women - one an orphan and refugee who finds a place in the studio of a famous French artist, the other a wife and mother who has stood by her husband for nearly forty years. The third is his daughter, caught in the crossfire between her...

Cinco famílias, cinco países e cinco destinos marcados por um período dramático da história. Queda de gigantes, primeiro volume da trilogia "O Século", de Ken Follett, começa no despertar do século XX, quando ventos de mudança ameaçam o frágil equilíbrio de forças existente—as potências da Europa estão prestes a entrar em guerra, os trabalhadores não aguentam mais ser explorados pela aristocracia e as mulheres clamam por seus direitos.

Long considered one of the best American novels of our time, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable tale of an American ambulance driver and his passionate affair with a beautiful English nurse. Set against the backdrop of World War I, this gripping semi-autobiographical work captures the harsh realities of war as only Hemingway can. A story of love and pain, loyalty and desertion, A Farewell to Arms paints an intimate portrait of the pain and intensity of a love overshadowed by the inexorable creep of global war.

The first in Ken Follett's breathtaking Century Trilogy, Fall of Giants is a captivating tale that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women. A World in Chaos 1911, a thirteen-year-old boy, Billy...

Caroline Grant is struggling to accept the end of her marriage when she receives an unexpected bequest. Her beloved great-aunt Lettie leaves her a sketchbook, three keys, and a final whisper...Venice. Caroline’s quest: to scatter Juliet “Lettie” Browning’s ashes in the city she loved and to unlock the mysteries stored away for more than 60 years.

Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES NOVEL OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2023 THE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER In 1914, war feels far away to Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood. They're too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle - an all-consuming infatuation...

In the tradition of celebrated wartime storytellers Somerset Maugham and Graham Greene, Tan Twan Eng's debut novel casts a powerful spell. For the first time, available as an audiobook -- The recipient of extraordinary acclaim from critics and the bookselling community, Tan Twan Eng's debut...

From the bestselling author of Auschwitz Lullaby and The Teacher of Warsaw, Mario Escobar's "powerful portrait of a woman fighting to preserve knowledge in a crumbling world" (Publishers Weekly) is based on a true story of an inspiring librarian who risked everything to save her community and...

Una novela inolvidable que removerá tu corazón Madrid, principios del siglo XX. Paola es apenas una muchacha cuando, cansada de ser una carga para su familia, decide mudarse a la capital con una maleta repleta de sueños anhelando experimentar la vida lejos de su pequeño pueblo. Allí espera...

An exciting new wartime adventure series! Perfect for fans of Derek Robinson, James Holland, Frank Barnard, and Jack Higgins. A young pilot is thrust into the raging skies of war . . . 1938 Having been raised on a farm, young New Zealander John Noble longs for an adventure away from his family's...

John Noble flies East in his latest adventure! Perfect for fans of Derek Robinson, James Holland, Frank Barnard, and Jack Higgins. A new alliance is forming . . . 1941 From providing air cover against large numbers of German attackers at Dunkirk to battling the never-ending waves of Luftwaffe...

The RAF squadron returns in a thrilling wartime adventure! Perfect for fans of Derek Robinson, James Holland, Frank Barnard, and Jack Higgins. They refuse to be lambs led to the slaughter . . . June, 1940 After fourteen months of flying, John Noble is now a capable and experienced Fighter Pilot...

"An emotional novel that you will never forget." —Lisa Scottoline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eternal From the author of The Lost Girls of Paris comes a riveting tale of courage and unlikely friendship during World War II -- Now a New York Times bestsller! 1942. Sadie Gault is...

Mes amis est le premier roman d'Emmanuel Bove, paru en 1924, alors que le souvenir de la première Guerre mondiale est encore vivace. Son narrateur est un ancien soldat, esseulé dans Paris ; il rêve de sociabilité mais joue de malchance et de maladresse, et toutes ses tentatives de rencontre échouent les unes après les autres. Son style faussement naïf, simple et mélancolique, habille un humour noir et donne à la voix de son personnage un caractère poignant.

The unputdownable new rollercoaster read from the Sunday Times bestseller Jeffrey Archer – a must read book of 2024! ‘An absolute page-turner’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review ‘Impossible to put down’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review ‘So many turns and twists’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader...

Born into privilege to one of the last Ottoman pashas, beautiful, spirited Selva is the brightest jewel in her father’s household - until she falls in love with Rafael Alfandari. Though Turkey has long been a safe haven for Jews, marriage between a high-ranking Muslim girl and a Jewish boy is strictly forbidden. Yet young love will not be denied, and Selva and Rafael defy their parents and marry, fleeing to Paris in hopes of a better life - only to find themselves trapped in the path of the invading Nazis.