検索キーワード： 第一次世界大戦

In the middle of the First World War, and sweltering in the heat of a nominally neutral country in South-eastern Europe, disillusioned Naval Intelligence officer Roger Waterlow seeks to make sense of scraps of information gathered by his agents, in the face of indifference or outright hostility from most of his colleagues at the British Legation. But when word reaches him that a German officer visiting from Berlin for talks with the country’s pro-German king is to be picked up by submarine, violating the country’s ‘neutrality,’ he sees the chance to finally make a real difference in the war…

Sîntem în primăvara anului 1923, cînd Germania încearcă să-şi revină după Primul Război Mondial. Inflaţia creşte, iar marca germană se devalorizează şi ajunge să fie folosită drept hîrtie de tapet în odăile celor disperaţi, ca un accesoriu al indiferenţei. Tînărul Ludwig Bodmer, angajat al firmei de monumente funerare Heinrich Kroll & Fiii, face cunoştinţă cu mica societate boemă care-l ajută să-şi uite măcar pentru o noapte, două îndoielile.

Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schwejk von Jaroslav Hašek, gelesen von Thomas Fedrowitz. 3. Teil. Der dritte Teil handelt von der Zugfahrt des 91. Regiments quer durch Ungarn nach Sanok ins (heute polnische) Galizien. Schwejk ist nun Ordonnanz, sein Nachfolger als Putzfleck ist der verfressene Baloun, der seinen ständigen Heißhunger mit den für Oberleutnant Lukasch bestimmten Portionen zu stillen versucht. Der Transport ist von Chaos, Ineffizienz und langen Wartezeiten gekennzeichnet.

In the glorious summer of 1914, Emily Grey, a young Cambridge undergraduate, is studying German in Heidelberg. While there she meets Hans, a philosopher with grey eyes and long lashes, who wins her heart and asks her to marry him. When the First World War intervenes, however, she is forced to return to England, leaving Hans behind to join the Imperial Navy. A year later, Emily is recruited to serve in a recently established government department. Commander Cumming, head of His Majesty’s newly-formed Secret Service — sometimes also known as MI6 — is keen to make use of Emily’s language skills.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. A decade of monumental change and slaughter. Many of society’s telling questions are cast aside in times of that speak of greater needs, greater priorities. For these talented authors their ideas and words keep these magnificent stories at the forefront of our literary lives.

تغوص رواية «جنتلمان في موسكو» للكاتب الأمريكي آمور تولز، في رحلة غنية بالمشاعر والأحداث، إذ تدور حول حياة الكونت ألكسندر إليتش روستوف، أحد أفراد الطبقة...

In the heart of the US capital, Dinah Kendall's role for the Office of Strategic Services isn't the thrilling espionage career she dreamed of. Instead, she spends her days crafting rumors aimed at undermining Axis morale. As Dinah navigates her duties, she uncovers a startling revelation: Her mother, Lillian, was once a codebreaker, cracking military ciphers during the Great War alongside some of the nation's most brilliant minds. The deeper Dinah dives into her mother's past, the more secrets come to light—including the heavy cost of high-stakes codebreaking.

A World War 1 infantry rifle calls itself The Rifle and narrates its life story. It reads the mind of the human holding it and senses the human’s emotions. The Rifle’s first owner is “FC,” and it reveals his emotional experiences fighting in WW1 in muddy trenches. After the war, The Rifle and FC go hunting in Africa, where FC befriends a Bushman living his historical 100,000-year-old hunter-gatherer lifestyle. The two humans become mutually respected friends for a lifetime and each learns the other's native language.

Erin O'Byrne returns to Ceann Mara, her family's remote property on the Darling River, seeking peace after a painful marital breakup. Camping by the tranquil billabong, she hopes the solitude of the Australian bush will help her heal. While exploring the land, Erin discovers a long-forgotten memorial to a World War I soldier. Her sister, Cat, and father, Tom, who have been researching the family's history, are thrilled by the find and eager to uncover its secrets

A British heiress in WWI England must confront her family’s plans for her future as she searches to find her place in a changing world.

When Candide is cast out of his sheltered life, he embarks on a journey filled with war, natural disasters, betrayal, and heartbreak—all while clinging to the optimistic philosophy of his mentor, Pangloss. As he travels across Europe and the Americas, encountering a bizarre array of characters and suffering the harsh realities of life, Candide’s faith in idealism is repeatedly tested. In this classic satire, Voltaire skewers the pretensions of philosophy, religion, and social systems, offering a compelling critique of human nature.

Edie Lawrence has never been one to play by the rules. As war in Europe is declared, she disguises herself as a soldier and enlists with a London regiment, with the aim of becoming the first woman to report from the battlefield. But also where she can catch news of her beloved Nate, who has already been sent to the Front.

After a devastating loss, Grania Ryan flees her life as an artist in New York and returns home to Ireland and the arms of her loving family. While out walking the windswept cliffs of West Cork, she comes across Aurora, an enigmatic eight-year-old girl. Mysteriously drawn to the troubled child, Grania soon discovers that the histories of their families are strangely and deeply entwined.

Told against the backdrop of the deprivation of World War I, the tragedies of the influenza epidemic, and the burden of generations of betrayal, That Pinson Girl unfolds in lyrical, unflinching prose, engaging the timeless issues of racism, sexism, and poverty.

Following her recent marriage to Lucas, Louisa is delighted to discover she is expecting. But after everything she’s lost since the war began, dare she believe that this is a sign of brighter days ahead? Meanwhile, Louisa’s friends Kate and Jeannie struggle to balance factory work alongside their responsibilities at home, with shortages, illness and bad news from the front putting them under ever more pressure. Then unexpected news means that Jeannie can finally get her heart's desire but can she accept her happiness at someone else's expense?

After the Bolsheviks seized power, Lenin entrusted the security officers Dzerzhinsky and Blumkin with a secret operation to prevent the possibility of restoring the hereditary monarchy in Russia and destroying any evidence of cooperation of the new government with Russia’s enemy in the Great War, the German Empire.

The world explodes into war as Austro-Hungary declares war on Serbia following the assassination of the heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Russia follows suit and mobilizes, while Germany supports its ally and declares war on Russia. France then joins the conflict as it is Russia’s ally.

The gloomy fortress of Gallondean lies on the Scottish coast. Local legend has it that if the heirs to the house hear the howling of a spectral hound nearby, their death will quickly follow. The current owner of the house is Jacob Beresford who, up until the unexpected death of his father, had never set foot within its crumbling walls. Jacob, already haunted by his own demons, has no need of more ghosts, but as the First World War staggers through its last terrible months and he uncovers unsettling details of his new home’s past, the shadows seem to be growing around him.

Петербург, 1914 год. Юная провинциалка Даша Булавина приезжает к старшей сестре Кате. Девушки молоды и наивны, они с энтузиазмом посещают приемы, влюбляются, ошибаются и ищут свое место в жизни. Однако мирное лето сменяется лихой осенью. Разразившаяся Первая мировая, а следом за ней две революции и Гражданская война раскидывают родных, друзей и близких по всем уголкам огромной страны…. "Хождение по мукам" — потрясающая по своим масштабам эпопея, над которой Алексей Николаевич работал более двадцати лет, неоднократно редактируя и переписывая текст.

As Europe edges closer to war, Bella’s world is focused on avoiding a future like her mother’s. She doesn’t want to go to secretarial school to become another proper young lady; standing by prettily waiting to be chosen as a wife by her employer or another suitable man. Bella wants more than that life can give. And like many women, her first opportunity for a different future comes when war is declared and duty calls her to the skies. It allows her a proper escape from a father who is determined to keep her away from the one man she thinks she could love, Will.