WW2
The House of Dust and Dreams
Evadne Timberlake first sees her husband Hugh’s dilapidated family house in the Cretan village of Panagia Sta Perivola in the…
Riduna
Life was picturesque growing up on Riduna on the Channel island of Alderney, before the second World War. It was…
Hirschfeld’s Friends
Hans-Max Hirschfeld is Secretary General for Trade and Industry in the Netherlands in 1941, while it is occupied by the…
Stettin Station
This third in a series finds Anglo-American John Russell with his days in Berlin clearly numbered. Although Nazi Germany is…
Wildflowers of Terezin
In Denmark in 1943, Pastor Steffen Peterson, riding his cherished bicycle to visit a parishioner, instead ends up in the…
A Fierce Radiance
Editors' choice
Set on the home front of New York City during World War II, Belfer’s second novel (after the acclaimed City…
IF THE DEAD RISE NOT
Interwar Berlin police officer Bernie Gunther has had his share of troubles in Philip Kerr’s March Violets, A German Requiem,…
COVENTRY
I must confess, I am a great fan of Helen Humphreys’ novels. Coventry, an extremely vivid and moving book, just…
Don’t Forget to Write
This is a charming and intelligent account of one woman’s memories of being “relocated” as a child in Great Britain…
Coventry
I must confess, I am a great fan of Helen Humphreys’ novels. Coventry, an extremely vivid and moving book, just…
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