検索キーワード： 第一次世界大戦

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.

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.

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.

Ferrand Martin and his team of démineurs spend their days in the ruined fields of Zone Rouge on the periphery of Verdun, France where they clean up the artillery and explosives used in World War I. One bullet, one bit of shrapnel, one bomb at a time. The work, they say, is not measured in days, months, or years, but in generations. It’s taken a century to get this far, and it will take many more centuries to complete.

Belgien 1917, Erster Weltkrieg: Der kanadische Soldat Freddie kämpft gemeinsam mit einem schwer verwundeten deutschen Soldaten in einem eingestürzten Bunker ums Überleben … Einige Zeit später: Während in Flandern immer noch die Granaten einschlagen, erhält die Krankenschwester Laura ein...

Deutschland 1938: Roxi ist erst vierzehn, wild, neugierig und unbeschwert – bis die Nationalsozialisten beginnen, Sinti und Roma zu erfassen und zu verschleppen. Gemeinsam mit ihrer Familie wird Roxi in ein sogenanntes Zigeunerlager verschleppt, wo sie sich in einem Albtraum aus Hunger, Gewalt und Zwangsarbeit wiederfindet. Dort begegnet sie Marek, einem Mann, den die Grausamkeit der Nazis zum Zyniker gemacht hat. Er glaubt nicht mehr an Menschlichkeit und doch regt sich in ihm eine unerwartete Zuneigung zu dem Mädchen, das ihn an seinen eigenen Sohn erinnert.

Amos Darby, hijo de un granjero, sabía que sus sueños de un futuro con Charlotte Terrington, hija de un conde, eran inalcanzables. Sin embargo, su amistad secreta perduró durante años… hasta que la brutalidad de la Gran Guerra destruyó sus sueños y les robó la juventud. Amos regresa a casa marcado por las cicatrices de las trincheras décadas después, alejado de los amores perdidos. Ha encontrado refugio en su librería, un rincón solitario en un mundo que ya no reconoce.

In the air, we find freedom. In the summer of 1914, the world stands on the brink of chaos, and for young William Harsker, life is about to change forever. Drawn to the pride of the cavalry and the allure of glory, William trades the freshness of English fields for the muddy trenches of Flanders. But nothing can prepare him for the brutal reality of cavalry charges against merciless machine guns, where valour and death dance intimately on the battlefield.

Finalist, 2023 Arizona-New Mexico Book Awards, Historical Fiction "Parotti's expertly detailed accounts make for constant tension." —The Historical Novels Review Phillip Parotti's novel chronicles the fast-paced action of a collection of American submarine chasers as they battle to reduce the...

A leisurely weekend among the British gentry reveals the cracks in their upper-class society in this "beautifully crafted" historical fiction novel set in pre-WWI England (Washington Post). It is the autumn of 1913. Sir Randolph Nettleby has assembled a brilliant array of guests at his...

As the Great War rolls on, Lessie Carswell's grocery shop is thriving, even while the community of Greenock experiences tragic losses. Lessie's son Ian reaches fighting age and is sent to Ypres. Her daughter Jess, headstrong and self-centred, goes to work for an upmarket dress shop and Lessie's nephew Peter is in prison due to his refusal to fight. Meanwhile Dorothea, the daughter of Lessie's late friend Anna, is working in a cotton mill, still unaware of the identity of her father.

Cerdeña, 1917. Mallena no nació en Norolani, pero el pueblo la siente como suya. Llegó dieciséis años atrás junto a Jubanne, quien la desposó para protegerla de un destino oscuro. En Norolani ha sido la comadrona que asiste cada parto, sin cobrar, sin juzgar. Todo cambia cuando su esposo regresa herido del frente. Desde el continente llega Angelica Ferrari, joven, instruida y decidida, que ha desafiado a su familia y las normas sociales. Pero en Norolani, su título no vale nada: sigue siendo una forastera. Deberían enfrentarse, pero el verdadero enemigo está en otro lado.

Casting light onto the once hidden tragedy of the 1918 Chilwell, England ammunition factory explosion, The Silent Canary tells of the catastrophic incident that resulted in the largest loss of life from a single accidental explosion during World War I.

Orphan Fleur Appleby is adopted by a loving undertaker and his wife, and she quickly develops a special gift for helping bereaved families. Raised in the outback of South Australia's Flinders Ranges, Tom Catchlove is faced with a life-changing tragedy as a young boy. A chance encounter between the two children will change the course of their lives. By adulthood Fleur finds herself fighting for the survival of the family's business, while her widowed father drinks away generations of prosperity and a new, conniving stepmother wants Fleur gone.

East London, 1921: Lucy Cotter is unemployed, unskilled, and down to her last shilling. Before the Great War she never had to work, relying on her husband, Robin, to support her and their young daughter with his successful boxing career. Now, though, Robin is unemployed and nursing battle wounds, so it’s up to Lucy to keep the leaking roof over their heads. Tired of rejection and nostalgic for better days, Lucy enters Robin’s former boxing club on a whim—and discovers that a place which once barred women is now run by one.

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.

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?

As the armies of the British Empire march across the world in brutal conquest, Lieutenant Griff Whitaker resigns his commission under a burden of shame, intending to disappear – permanently. By uncanny chance, Ariadne and Griff are separately drawn to the secluded valley of the famed Jenolan Caves. Friendship blooms amid this place of peace and natural wonder. As desire ignites, Griff regains his passion for music and his violin, and begins to hope for another way of being in this world – while Ariadne's own talents and heightened perceptions might well defy the laws of science altogether.

When Jack Kelly, a captain in the Australian army, shows compassion towards his prisoner Paul Mann, a brave and high-ranking German officer, an unexpected bond is formed. But neither could imagine how their pasts and futures would become inextricably linked by one place – Papua. The Great War is finally over and both soldiers return to their once familiar lives, only to find that in their absences events have changed their respective worlds forever.

What happens when a love story turns into a political nightmare? From the moment Amalia enters his shop, the immigrant shoemaker Erasmo imagines she will fulfill his dream of America. And their story begins in promise. The lovers are passionate for life and each other, but they both come to see the truth beneath the surface. Amalia has opened Erasmo's eyes to inequality and the exploitation of the poor. Against the backdrop of the WWI Red Scare, while the Spanish Flu rages, Erasmo becomes embroiled in the battle between Italian anarchists and the federal government.