WW2
Evil on the Wind
This novel starts in 1937. When Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933 he set about establishing a…
Maps and Shadows
In early 1940, Russia invaded and occupied eastern Poland. One and a half million Polish citizens, many of them veterans…
Black Radishes
The challenge when writing a novel inspired by the experiences of one’s own family – in this case, the experience…
An Elephant in the Garden
This latest book by previous Children’s Laureate, Michael Morpurgo, is mainly about the infamous bombing of the German city, Dresden,…
The Burma Campaign: Disaster into Triumph 1942-45
Until I read this book, the allied operations in Burma were but a postscript to the American island-hopping war in…
The Battle of Britain
James Holland has chosen May 1939 as the start of the Battle of Britain for this excellent study of a…
Berlin at War: Life and Death in Hitler’s Capital 1939-45
This is an absorbing account of what life was like for the ordinary Berliner during the six years of the…
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…
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