20th Century
The Constant Man (A Willi Geismeier thriller, 2)
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Set during the early years of Hitler’s chancellorship leading up to World War II, The Constant Man is a gripping tale of ...Read Review
The Secrets We Left Behind
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World War II did not start out well for the Allied forces. In Europe the Germans were on the attack. As Soraya M. ...Read Review
The Golden Thread: The Cold War and the Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjöld
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Dag Hammarskjöld, second Secretary-General of the United Nations, boards the DC-6B aircraft known as Albertina in Leopoldville, Congo, on the evening ...Read Review
Under the Light of the Italian Moon
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Spring 1923. Nina Argenta marries the man of her dreams, Pietro Pante. Despite their loving union, duty to their families will keep them apart. ...Read Review
The Girl Who Escaped from Auschwitz
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In July 1944, a young couple, Mala and Edek, stroll along a path through Poland’s picturesque Zywiec mountains. Mala, dressed in blue overalls, ...Read Review
The Shadow War
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Children/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy
Magic and history combine in an exciting tale set behind the lines in World War II Germany as five teens try to take ...Read Review
The Night Before Morning
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Having enjoyed several of Alistair Moffat’s “straight” history books, I was interested to read his first piece of fiction. He begins in ...Read Review
The Great Mistake
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On Friday, November 13, 1903, a man accosts Andrew Haswell Green in front of his Park Avenue home and shoots him dead. All New York ...Read Review
The Other Cipher (Soli Hansen Mysteries)
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This artfully told historical mystery is Book Two in the Soli Hansen Mysteries. Autumn 1944—the midst of World War II— and in German-occupied ...Read Review
Testimony
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Reading this thoughtful novel reminds today’s readers that nostalgia for the mid-20th century often glosses over the racism and sexism that ...Read Review
