Geoffrey Harfield
Noor Inayat Khan
This is a WW2 true story for children twelve to seventeen. Brave, unselfish and resourceful Noor, a Muslim pacifist aged…
To Dream Again
With a bright, noisy start on Liverpool Street station in London at the start of WW2, we see the bustling…
Cross my Heart
A tragic adventure story set in WW2 Belgium, Cross my Heart follows Nicole, who at fifteen joins the Resistance. In…
City of Devils
Set in wintry 1887 Turin, this blockbuster follows James Murray, a young Scottish doctor in training with eminent, medico-crime expert,…
The Stationmaster’s Farewell
If you like a Victorian detective whodunit set in a railway background, largely around Exeter (UK) St David’s GWR train…
Poacher’s Moon
This is a fine Victorian novel with action, intrigue, big houses and hardworking Yorkshire folk. It starts predictably with a…
A World Between Us
In a story of young loves lost in the Spanish Civil War, Felicity and Nat meet at Mosley’s 1936 Black…
Icelight
This book is a cracking political thriller. Set in 1946 blitzed London, Icelight has fast action, resilient characters and sparkling…
For the Love of Catherine
Crossing on the Titanic to see her sister on the New York stage, a young mother, Mair (the heroine of…
The Promise
This is an outstanding historical saga, on a par with Pilcher’s The Shell Seekers, in its family complexity. In 1948,…
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