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Despite the “crinkled pink petals strewn in the path of those who would have preferred red,” four generations of Eliots have survived the War and are moving forward. The family’s remarkable matriarch Lucilla is still with them, though she’s facing the dark night of the soul. All is turned on its head with the arrival of Sebastian, another survivor of WWII. He has a story far more painful than any of the Eliots. While with them, he wrestles with questions about his own disconnected existence.

A gripping historical novel of love, divided loyalties, and the price of silence. War’s Labyrinth follows two American sisters and one British agent through the moral fog of World War II and the Cold War, when secrets dramatically changed lives. In 1940s Washington, D. C., Vera Taskinen works inside the Roosevelt White House, navigating wartime politics and a romance with a British agent named David.

In World War II France, the future Madeleine Perrin and Daniel Raymond hope for is in grave peril when the Nazis imprison Daniel, a courier for the Resistance network. But a centuries-old law soon paves the way for a Christmas Eve wedding that becomes both a celebration and a daring rescue.

The war in the water is intensifying… Europe, 1941. Twin brothers Romulus and Remus Hutchinson are serving their country at sea: Rom as a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy and Remmie in the Merchant Navy.

Zerrissene Familienbande: drei Geschwister zwischen Verantwortung, Kollaboration und Flucht 1933: Die drei Manthey-Erben finden sich in einer Welt im Umbruch wieder. Während Vicki als Reporterin im Prager Exil gegen die neuen Machthaber in Deutschland anschreibt, sucht Fritjof in New York nach Möglichkeiten, aus der Ferne gegen das Nazi-Regime zu wirken. Währenddessen steuert Alexander in Berlin das Zeitungsimperium geschickt durch die neuen Machtstrukturen.

Berlin, 1945: Nach zehn Jahren kommen die Geschwister wieder in Berlin zusammen. In den Trümmern der Stadt wollen sie eine neue Zeitung gründen. Während Fritjof nach unbelasteten Journalisten sucht, erkennt Vicki, dass es in ihrer Hand liegt, wie sich die neu gegründete Republik entwickelt – und dass ihr Bruder Alexander sein skrupelloses Streben nach Macht nicht verloren hat. In einer Zeit, die von Neuanfängen und alten Lasten geprägt ist, müssen die Geschwister entscheiden, was Vergebung bedeutet und wie sie die Zukunft ihres Landes mitgestalten wollen.

Poland, 1944. Devastated by the loss of her beloved father, twenty-three-year-old Wanda vows to follow in his footsteps and join the resistance against the German occupiers. Her father lost his life protecting innocent people from Nazi cruelty—she will risk her life too. Under the cover of shadows, Wanda slips down cobbled streets and past spired buildings to meet an informant who could provide crucial supplies for their fight. But the sight of the man waiting turns Wanda's blood to ice. She instantly recognizes him as the soldier who killed her father.

Brought to you by Penguin. Alberto Ruiz-Tagle was once the quiet, unknowable, unpromising member of Chile’s young poetry scene. But the military coup of 1973 sees Alberto reborn as Chile’s leading celebrity poet, Carlos Wieder. Known for his daring sky poems, penned in smoke high above the...

Against the turbulent backdrop of the 1930s, Douglas Tulloch navigates the treacherous terrains of India's Northwest Frontier and the early tremors of World War II in France. Thrust in the middle of tribal rebellions, covert missions and old-school rivalries, Tulloch grapples with the true essence of leadership. The repercussions of his decisions will follow him from the alleys of Brussels to the shores of Dunkirk.

Februar 1933: Adolf Hitler ist an der Macht, damit beginnen gravierende Veränderungen im Leben der Familie "von Dannenburg", die in Pommern nahe Greifswald lebt und ein Pferdegestüt betreibt. Otto von Dannenburg, der Patriarch der Familie sieht mit Unbehagen in die Zukunft, vor allem, da sein Bruder, Walter, überzeugter Anhänger der NSDAP ist. Große Sorgen macht sich Otto insbesondere um seinen Sohn, Peter, den er nicht an die Nationalisten verlieren will, der zudem der einzige Nachkomme der "von Dannenburgs" ist.

"I promise to write only what I saw and lived through, not hide anything from you. I'll tell you even the worst things I experienced, which may seem crazy or impossible... I remember them well. It all happened in the world we left behind." 1942, Lvov. Bina Krakowski is almost seven when the...

After Hurricane Iniki slammed the Hawaiian island chain in the late summer of 1992, a historical artifact of great military importance, dating back to World War II, was exposed on a dry riverbed, west of the remote and sparsely populated Kaupo district in Maui. The newly discovered rusting vessel of war prompted the federal government to assemble a band of explorers to investigate the anomaly.

Award-winning writer delivers a pulse-pounding espionage thriller. Missing soldiers, MI6 secrets and European partisans collide in a deadly game where the lines between lies and reality are fast disintegrating. In the dying days of the Second World War, a new conflict is about to ignite. May...

Everyone is gripped by Stephen Ronson: 'A brilliant noir thriller set in the darkest days of the Second World War' Stephen Leather 'A gripping World War Two thriller . . . Every shadow hides a potential threat and the tension never lets up. A must read' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Ronson...

Schiff der verlorenen Träume: Ein historischer Liebesroman über die Titanic Ein Schiff der Wunder. Eine Liebe, die nicht sein darf. Ein Schicksal, das alles entscheidet. Im Frühjahr 1912 sticht die Titanic, das größte und prächtigste Schiff der Welt, in See – ein Meisterwerk der Technik, das als "unsinkbar" gilt. An Bord befindet sich die junge Catherine Harding, deren Reise von Southampton nach New York ihr Leben für immer verändern wird. Was als luxuriöser Traum beginnt, entwickelt sich zu einem Albtraum aus Geheimnissen, verbotener Leidenschaft und unausweichlichem Schicksal.

In 1940, as the shadows are lengthening over Europe, painter Louis Duval decides to leave his studio in Brittany and, in his small motor boat, make the short but perilous journey to England. His aim is not to flee from the enemy, but to join the Resistance to fight for his beloved France. He...

Brought to you by Penguin. The love affair between Maurice Bendrix and Sarah, flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz, ends when she suddenly and without explanation breaks it off. After a chance meeting rekindles his love and jealousy two years later, Bendrix hires a private...

“Elon powerfully evokes the obscurity of the past and its hold on the present as we stumble through revelation after revelation with Yoel. As we accompany him on his journey…we share in his loss, surprise, and grief, right up to the novel’s shocking conclusion.” —The New York Times...

Brought to you by Penguin. This new audio edition of Ian McEwan’s beloved modern classic is narrated by Olivier Award winner and Emmy nominee Harriet Walter, who starred as Emily Tallis in the Academy Award-winning film adaptation of Atonement. Her recent credits range from The Crown to...

Sobre el fango negro de Auschwitz que todo lo engulle, Fredy Hirsch ha levantado en secreto una escuela. En un lugar donde los libros están prohibidos, la joven Dita esconde bajo su vestido los frágiles volúmenes de la biblioteca pública más pequeña, recóndita y clandestina que haya...