China, December 1941. Having left an unhappy life in England for a teaching post at a missionary school in northern China, Elspeth Kent is now anxious to return home to help the war effort. But as she prepares to leave China, a terrible...
FICTION / Historical / World War II
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Author:Gaynor, HazelSummary: - Author:Starritt, AlexanderSummary:
This novel offers a new point of entry to examine one of the greatest evils ever to face humanity. In his years fighting the Russians and attempting afterward to survive the Gulag, Meissner recounts a life lived in perseverance and...
- Author:Evans, LissaSummary:
It's late 1944. Hitler's rockets are raining down on London with vicious regularity and it's the coldest winter in living memory. In a large house next to Hampstead Heath, Vee Sedge is barely scraping by with a herd of lodgers to feed...
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Author:Grunwald, LisaSummary:A magical love story, inspired by the legend of a woman who vanished from Grand Central Terminal, sweeps readers from the 1920s to World War II and beyond, in the spirit of The Time Traveler's Wife and The Curious Case of Benjamin...
- Author:Mann, PeterSummary:
Two manuscripts are found in rubble, each one narrating conflicting versions of the life of an Irish spy during WWII. One is the journal of a German officer, and the other belongs to the secret agent himself.
- Author:Harper, KarenSummary:
1939. As the wife of the King George VI and the mother of the future queen, Elizabeth--"the queen mother"--shows a warm, smiling face to the world. But it's no surprise that Hitler himself calls her the "Most...
- Author:Ewen, Pamela BinningsSummary:
This novel based on the real life of Coco Chanel reveals an unseen side to the celebrated icon as she trades fashion for espionage during World War II to protect her name, her business, and her legend.
- Author:Bowen, KellySummary:
Paris, 1942. The Germans may occupy the City of Lights, but glamorous Estelle Allard flourishes in a world separate from the hardships of war. Yet when the Nazis come for her friends, Estelle doesn't hesitate to help those she...
- Author:Morelli, LauraSummary:
Two women, separated by 500 years, are swept up in the tide of history as one painting stands at the center of their quests for their own destinies.
- Author:Martin, MadelineSummary:
1940. As the Blitz rains down bombs night after night, a devastating attack leaves London's literary center in ruins. Miraculously, Grace's bookshop survives the firestorm. Through blackouts and air raids, Grace continues...
- Author:Lecoat, JennySummary:
Summer 1940: Hedy Bercu fled Vienna two years ago. Now she watches the skies over Jersey for German planes, convinced that an invasion is imminent. When it finally comes, there is no counterattack from Allied forces, the Channel Islands...
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Author:Gross, AndrewSummary:#1 New York Times bestselling author of The One Man Andrew Gross once again delivers a tense, stirring thriller of a family torn apart set against the backdrop of a nation plunged into war. February, 1939. Europe teeters on the brink of...
- Author:Walsh, S. KirkSummary:
In April 1941, as the German Blitzkrieg rained down 674 bombs on Belfast over five hours, zookeeper Hettie Quin fights to save an elephant, and the two must depend on each other for survival and solace.
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Author:Jenoff, PamSummary:1945. Marta marries a caring British diplomat and glimpses the joy that home and family can bring. But her happiness is threatened when she learns of a Communist spy in British intelligence.
- Author:Ardone, ViolaSummary:
Seven-year-old Amerigo lives with his mother Antonietta in Naples, surviving on odd jobs and his wits. But one day, Amerigo learns that a train will take him away from the rubble-strewn streets of the city to spend the winter with a...
- Author:Robards, KarenSummary:
A celebrated singer in WWII occupied France joins the Resistance to save her family from being killed in a Nazi prison. Familial love lasts forever, and Genevieve is willing to risk everything for it.
- Author:Livaneli, ZülfüSummary:
Based on the real-life sinking of a refugee ship during World War II, an elderly professor leaves America to revisit the city where he last glimpsed his beloved wife.
- Author:Fox, LaurenSummary:
As Annelise falls in love, marries, and gives birth to her daughter, the Holocaust looms. Luckily Annelise and her husband are given the chance to leave for America, but they must go without her parents, whose future and safety are...
- Author:Robson, JenniferSummary:
To survive the Holocaust, a young Jewish woman must pose as a Christian farmer's wife in this story of terror, hope, love, and sacrifice, inspired by true events from the most perilous days of World War II.
- Author:Rees, CeliaSummary:
World War II has just ended, and Britain has established the Control Commission for Germany. Bored with her job, Edith Graham applies with the Commission, but is instead recruited by the OSS as a spy.
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