WW2
Red Blood, Black Sand: Fighting Alongside John Basilone from Boot Camp to Iwo Jima
The black sands of Iwo Jima were witness to the largest battle ever fought by the US Marines. 30,000 Marines…
City of Women
Editors' choice
City of Women takes a chilling look at the unspeakable limits reached by the women of WWII Berlin and the…
The House of Rumour
At first sight this is a conspiracy thriller, although more ‘literary’ than most, as one would expect from Sceptre. It…
Walaschek’s Dream
Editors' choice
Forget structure; forget run-of-the-mill plots, and logic. Think James Joyce and then, if that doesn’t scare you, plunge into Walaschek’s…
Nazi Princess: Hitler, Lord Rothermere, and Princess Stephanie von Hohenlohe
Who knew? Once called by President Roosevelt “more dangerous than 10,000 men,” a part-Jewish Austrian princess – well-known seductress and…
Duty Calls (Battle of Britain 2)
This is the second installment of Holland’s intensely detailed and thoroughly researched series of World War II combat stories. We…
The Laurels of Lake Constance
Nazi sympathizers – especially Nazi sympathizers in war-torn France – are atypical protagonists in historical novels. Albert B. is a…
The Lost Wife
Lenka and Josef enjoy a pleasant, easy existence in beautiful, pre-WWII Prague until they are separated by the Nazi occupation.…
The Palace and the Bunker: Royal Resistance to Hitler
The Palace and the Bunker is more ideological tract than history. Frank Millard, armed with a PhD in history from…
Treblinka Survivor
Treblinka Survivor is based on a 22-page document by Hershl Sperling. At the age of 15, Sperling was shoved into…
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