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After saving her family farm from falling into disrepair Framboise, a secretive widow, lives a quiet life splitting her time between home and the creperie where she brings her mother's recipes to life. When her nephew approaches her to exploit her family's culinary legacy, Framboise is forced to confront her dramatic childhood at the heart of the German Occupation of France.

1943: The world is at war and the outcome is anything but sure. In the heartland, communities like Caroline, Iowa, must bind together to support the cause. As the war drags on, few families escape paying the ultimate price. But the unity of this close-knit community is threatened by a violent death: a murder committed in the basement of the town's beloved Church Street United Brethren. Everyone, including the congregation's handsome new pastor, becomes a suspect.

Duitsland, 1936. De Joodse Monika Merton, wier echtgenoot al is omgekomen in het concentratiekamp Dachau, is op de vlucht voor de Gestapo. Ze heeft haar woonplaats München verlaten en hoopt in Beieren de Oostenrijkse grens te kunnen oversteken. Onderweg ontmoet ze in de trein dichter Andreas von Cornides, die zich nauwelijks bewust is van het geweld en de misdrijven in Duitsland. Hij leeft, zo lijkt het, in een andere wereld. Ondanks zijn onwetendheid ontwikkelt Monika een zwak voor hem, en hij voor haar. Haar plan om te vluchten verzwijgt ze.

But once Margaret begins to unravel the secrets of Bletchley Park, Betty finds herself thrust—untrained—into the deadly world of counter-espionage. And as the pair begin a critical game of cat and mouse with each other, the situation rapidly becomes ever more desperate. With a highly dangerous newcomer suddenly arriving on the scene, the fate of Britain's most vital war secret hangs entirely on the outcome of the two women’s deeply personal conflict. But which one of them has really been the cat, and which one the mouse?

I sent 19-year-old Phyllis, my youngest recruit, into a city crawling with enemy soldiers. And this beautiful house on a tree-lined street, the headquarters of cold-hearted German soldiers, was the last place she was seen. I trail my fingers along the gilded furniture and see the light dance off the glittering chandeliers. On the top floor, I find the dates inscribed by beaten prisoners, and I know my girl was shown no mercy.

1943, Seattle. While raging war reshapes the landscape of Europe, its impact is felt thousands of miles away too. Before the war, Nora Kinney was one of countless housewives and mothers in her comfortable Capitol Hill neighborhood. Now, with her doctor husband stationed in North Africa, Nora feels compelled to do more than tend her victory garden or help with scrap metal drives . . .

Eigentlich will die junge Pflegerin Lotte nur eine leichtere Arbeit haben, als sie 1942 in der Heil- und Pflegeanstalt Domjüch kündigt. Sie findet sich jedoch als Aufseherin im Frauenkonzentrationslager Ravensbrück wieder. Dort muss sie sich in einen von Grausamkeit und Unmenschlichkeit geprägten Tagesablauf integrieren. Unter den Häftlingen entdeckt sie eine ehemalige Klassenkameradin und versucht, deren hartes Leben zu erleichtern. Doch der Zwiespalt, in den sie sich dadurch begibt, droht sie zu zerreißen.

Ein junger Schotte, ein König, der um der Liebe willen abdankt, und die letzten Geheimnisse der Windsors. Ein rätselhafter Besucher stellt das Leben des Studenten Ajax Doggerton auf den Kopf. Ein Agent des britischen Geheimdienstes verlangt von ihm, als Bediensteter für den abgedankten König Edward zu arbeiten. Der genießt mit seiner bürgerlichen Frau Wallis das Leben in Paris und an der Côte d'Azur. Doch über dem Glamour liegt ein Schatten, denn Edward steht im Verdacht, sich mit Adolf Hitler verbünden zu wollen.

Austria, 1942: In Mauthausen concentration camp, two prisoners dare to fall in love. When a baby is born–a miracle baby born behind the gates of hell–they vow to escape. Inspired by true events, this powerful World War II novel tells the incredible and inspirational tale of two ordinary people who risk everything to achieve the impossible.

Shortly before the Japanese invade, the van Hoorn family throws their famous Sinterklaas party at their tea plantation in West Java. One of their guests, Mattijs, a Dutch pilot, hopes to forge a future in the Dutch East Indies, possibly with the family's daughter Anna, but she is torn between her dreams of Holland and her desire to belong. Meanwhile the housekeeper, Diah, keenly observes the goings-on around the plantation, wondering how much to tell her freedom-fighter brother.

Berlin, 1939. Edith Falkenstein once lived a fairy-tale life. Falling in love with Julius introduced her to a world she had only dreamed of. She wore the finest silk dresses to host parties in their historic mansion home. But those days are a distant memory. Under Nazi rule, her Jewish husband, Julius, has been stripped of everything. Now the couple share a cramped apartment with other destitute families, and the priceless jewels that once adorned Edith’s neck have been sold to buy food on the black market.

1924. The First World War is over and eleven-year-old Alexa is growing up on the idyllic Cornish coast with her best friend Harvey. But she soon discovers there are secrets at the heart of her family that have been hidden for years. And when her mother dies suddenly, she finds her whole life thrown into turmoil. 1931. Still reeling from the secrets she uncovered, Alexa flees to the intoxicating city of Venice. But her new glamorous life is not what she hoped for and, with dark shadows closing in, she will question everything she thought she wanted.

The events which killed dozens of people and put the word "werewolf" on people's lips have been covered up. Deaths blamed on gang warfare, drugs, and costumes. A secret operation is in process to make sure that the truth about what happened in Boxford stays buried. But some things refuse to lie down and be still. There are perpetual loose ends that continue to multiply and carry on a legacy that began well before the Second World War.

A Spiritual Journey of Love and War. Amidst the harrowing tumult of World War II, a Japanese soldier finds himself ensnared by the unforgiving jungle of the Philippines. His desperate flight from the horrors of battle leads him to a hidden enclave, where he expects spending his remaining days in solitude. He grapples with the haunting memories of war, all while nursing a fragile hope of one day returning to Japan as he ages and the landscape changes around him.

Was, wenn Unrecht plötzlich als gut und richtig gilt, und das, was normalerweise höchst kriminell ist, belohnt wird? In ihrem neuen Roman Am Kornsand beschäftigt sich Ute Bales mit der Frage nach Schuld und zeigt, dass Schuld individuell ist und persönlich getragen werden muss. Dabei richtet sie den Blick auf das, was Vergangenheit mit Gegenwart macht. Der Roman umreißt zum einen die Jugend des Hans Kaiser, der sich 18-jährig, angestachelt durch NS-Propaganda, im März 1945 zu einer furchtbaren Tat hinreißen lässt, die er bis 1985 vor seiner späteren Familie geheim halten kann.

Einst verriet er ihre Familie, jetzt sucht sie Vergeltung "Verräter" schmiert die 92-jährige Britta Stein an die Fassade von Ole Henryks Restaurant in Chicago. Sie schwört, dass der Däne, der von der ganzen Stadt als Held gefeiert wird, sich in Wahrheit im Zweiten Weltkrieg als Nazi-Kollaborateur schuldig gemacht hat. Um die Behauptungen der alten Dame zu beweisen, muss die Anwältin Catherine Lockhart tief in die Vergangenheit reisen. Und auch Enkelin Emma erfährt erstmals die wahre Geschichte ihrer Großmutter, deren Schwester Grethe im dänischen Widerstand kämpfte.

Against the chaotic backdrop of World War II, Grace Murphy is working as a midwife in Doncaster Royal Infirmary with her two friends, Clodagh and Patsy. In between delivering babies and tending wounded airmen, the girls endure bombing raids, rationing and the hardships and heartbreak that war brings. But in the faces of the new babies she welcomes to the world, Grace always looks for hope, as she dreams of a time when the war will end.

Mariana, narradora de esta novela comparte su vida familiar a través de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y su lugar de residencia, México. Cuando su padre, el duque, es llamado a combatir al frente durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Mariana emprende un viaje junto con su madre y su hermana hacia un destino colorido. Atrás han dejado París y su encanto de cuento de hadas, y en México encuentran un país lleno de contrastes.

1943: When a safe house in Nazi-occupied the Netherlands becomes too dangerous for Edith, she flees. Injured, she meets Erich who promises to take her to his family's home for medical attention. En route she awakens to discover that they've entered Nazi Germany—the last place she wants to be as a Jew. In need of concealing her faith, and with limited choices, Edith becomes the private teacher to Erich's young brothers. Her roommate is a Roma with a tragic past and also hides from the Nazis in plain sight.

It is 1943. In the skies above war-torn Europe a savage battle continues as Allied bomber crews rain down fire and destruction on Hitlers cities and Luftwaffe fighters tear the bombers to pieces. Faced with the destruction, Churchill asks, Are we barbarians? Back in England, after the Siege of Malta and continents away from her estranged husband, fighter pilot Johnnie Shaux, strategic military analyst Eleanor Shaux is ordered to develop plans for the systematic destruction of Hitler's wartime economy.