20th Century
The Irish War of Independence and Civil War (Irish Perspectives)
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If you are looking for an overview of the ‘Troubles’ which led to Irish independence in 1921 and the subsequent civil war, this is ...Read Review
The Shade Tree
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In the 1930s, Ellie and Mavis Turner live on their father’s failing Florida orange grove. Ellie is head-turningly beautiful, her father’s ...Read Review
The Flutist of Arnhem: A Story of Operation Market Garden
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In German-occupied Holland in December 1943, all the British Special Operations Executives had been captured by the Nazis—all except one. John Hewson, carrying ...Read Review
Coco at the Ritz
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Coco at the Ritz takes us back to France right after the end of World War II when France has been liberated, and ...Read Review
The War Child
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London, 1916. Clara, fifteen years old, survives a bombing, although her mother perishes. Orphaned, Clara is sent to work in a hospital and, for ...Read Review
Escape From the Ghetto: The Breathtaking Story of the Jewish Boy Who Ran Away from the s
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The title fails to do justice to the book. Chaim Herszman’s escape from the Lódz ghetto in September 1939, aged 13, was only ...Read Review
Bluebird
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“I am Eva Gerst. And I am Bluebird. And I am going to kill my father.” Drawing inspiration from actual events, Sharon Cameron ...Read Review
Yours Is the Night
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This complex, metaphysically-charged tale is anchored in the carnage that was no-man’s-land around the trenches in World War One France. The Meuse-Argonne ...Read Review
The Fire Portrait
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Frances McDonald navigates her career as an artist in pre-Second World War South Africa in this novel. The story begins with her as ...Read Review
Deadly Summer Nights (A Catskill Summer Resort Mystery)
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Notwithstanding the murder of a guest at Haggerman’s Resort in the heart of the Catskill region, this narrative offers the reader a ...Read Review
