Showing results for "World of War" in Contemporary

The last time Valerie was in Paris, she was three years old, running from the Nazis, away from the only home she had ever known. Now as a young woman all alone in the world, Valerie must return to Paris, to the bookshop and her sole surviving relative, her grandfather Vincent, the only person who knows the truth about what happened to her parents. As she gets to know grumpy, taciturn Vincent again, she hears a tragic story of Nazi-occupied Paris, a doomed love affair, and a mother willing to sacrifice everything for her beloved daughter.  

Nach einem Schicksalsschlag wagt die Journalistin Ruby Nevins einen Neuanfang. Bei ihrer Recherche über Cécile, den gefeierten Star des französischen Kinos der Vierzigerjahre, stößt sie auf ein mysteriöses Tagebuch. Je tiefer Ruby in die Vergangenheit der beiden Frauen eintaucht, desto mehr erkennt sie Parallelen zu ihrem eigenen Leben.

Against the devastating Blitz of London, normal life must continue for Lizzie Larch. With Sebastian returning to War, Lizzie must make a success of her business in order to survive and to care for her young child. Silently from the shadows, her secret enemy watches and waits, threatening to ruin...

t's 1939 and the threat of war hangs over the country... Flying instructor Ellie Simpson has grown up a tomboy. She's never had an interest in the latest fashions or finding a husband, her only passion is flying her beloved Tiger Moth. But when war is declared, she is no longer be able to do...

When Lucy’s parents are killed in a train crash, her kindly uncle steps in to look after the little girl – to the initial apprehension of his wife and her son. However, Lucy’s sweet, spirited charm slowly wins over her new family, and as she overcomes the trauma of her childhood, she grows...