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August, 1940. The war is raging in Europe, but on the home front conflict still seems far away. Dot, living with her mother-in-law and dreading the day that her thuggish husband comes home on leave, is fighting her own battle to contribute to the war effort. Peggy has found confidence as an Air Raid Precaution Warden, despite the jeers of the men she works with - but beneath her pluck she fears for her close-knit family, scattered by the war. And glamorous Vivian, the former debutante, is running away from her own heart and into danger as a volunteer ambulance driver.

Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective. They were originally published in the Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. The title character was named after famous American poet Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Link to the libriVox's site for this book: https://librivox.org/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes/ Link to free online copy of the book on INTERNET ARCHIVE: https://archive.org/details/adventuresofsher00doylric You can visit my YouTube channel to support me