WW2
The Scent of Lilacs
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During the last days of Berlin, 1945, we follow five different people, each with different loyalties and different roles in this tense story: Tanya, ...Read Review
The Undesirables
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This WWII novel takes place in the winter of 1941-42 around the Nazi siege of Leningrad. It is a story of love, endurance ...Read Review
A Nightingale Christmas Carol
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Towards the end of 1944, the East End of London had suffered huge devastation from the blitz, leaving a landscape devoid of many landmarks ...Read Review
Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File
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In 1955, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black teenager from Chicago visiting family in Mississippi, allegedly whistled at a white woman. For this “crime,” he ...Read Review
Their Finest
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Their Finest, coming to the U.S. after an Orange Prize nomination and with a forthcoming film adaptation, brings humor, heartbreak, and more ...Read Review
If I Could Tell You
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Does war unravel the fabric of traditional society or merely highlight the pre-existing tears in an already frail material? When Julia Compton, the ...Read Review
The Queen’s Accomplice: A Maggie Hope Mystery
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London, 1942: Maggie Hope, working in the Special Operations Executive offices, is troubled by the disappearance of some young women recruits, as well as ...Read Review
Tank Action
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This is the personal story of an armoured troop commander’s war, 1944 to 1945. David Render was a 19-year-old second lieutenant fresh from Sandhurst ...Read Review
Maggie’s Kitchen
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In London during World War Two, Maggie Johnson opens one of the many British Restaurants, an initiative of the Ministry of Food to ...Read Review
The City in Darkness
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In the lead up to Christmas 1939 and with World War Two beginning across the Irish Sea, the Special Branch in Dublin appear more ...Read Review