WW2
Siege 13
Editors' choice
For six weeks in the winter of 1944-45, the Soviet Army assaulted Budapest, defended by the German and Hungarian armies.…
Fires of London
Francis Bacon is a flamer, for sure, in more ways than one. Because of severe asthma, he can’t serve on…
Hurricane Hole
Hurricane Hole is a WW2 thriller set in the Bahamas. Since this was not a very active theatre of war,…
How Angels Die
This riveting and thought-provoking historical tale is set in occupied France in 1944 and the French resistance fighters are hard…
None But the Brave
Editors' choice
Goodman’s latest novel uses the lives of a few men and women to dramatize the perils and heroism of the…
Dead Ringer
A clandestine operation between the Nazis and Japanese during WW II provides enough uranium for production of a nuclear warhead…
The Messenger Bird
his is a race-against-time mystery story in which three children have only a few days to solve a series of…
Road to Valor: A True Story of World War II Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
Siblings Aili, a journalist, and Andres, a historical scholar, meticulously researched this story of a cyclist still revered in Italy…
The Handkerchief Tree
A delightful romance, The Handkerchief Tree follows the dreams of Shona Murray, raised in an orphanage in Dean Village, Edinburgh,…
Winter of the World
The second in Follett’s Century Trilogy follows the main characters from Fall of Giants and their children as they navigate…
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