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March, 1941. World War Two is well underway and the Blitz is taking its toll on Central London with bombs raining down almost every night. Inspector Coburg and his trusted Sergeant Lampson are just recovering from the devastating bomb attack on the Café de Paris when they get a call asking them to go to the disused Lord's Underground station. Once there, they are taken to see the body of a man on the former platform. He's been beaten to death by blows on the back of his head, by what Dr Welbourne believes to have been a cricket bat.

"Dodo Wonders" is the third and final installment in the "Dodo" series by E. F. Benson. The series was rumoured to be based on Lady Asquith, though she herself claimed that she had little in common with the character of Dodo - except the splendour of her drawing-room, perhaps. The glitzy life of Lady Dodo Chesterford is abruptly interrupted by the arrival of World War I. Along with her husband and their friends, Lady Dodo is faced with the challenge of rapidly adapting to an unfamiliar and dangerous new environment.

Told almost exclusively through other characters' perceptions, conversations and memories, Woolf's groundbreaking novel centres around Jacob Flanders, a young man whose identity is difficult to grasp. Rather than presenting a conventional biography, Woolf assembles Jacob's presence from absence, evoking an air of emptiness and mystery, set against the haunting shadow of the First World War.

Frightfully clever and ambitious, Joan dreams of becoming a journalist after graduating. Stepping into her professional career on the eve of the First World War, she moves effortlessly through the worlds of journalism and politics. Meeting a rich cast of characters along the way, Joan navigates opposing perceptions, moral dilemmas and unexpected adventures for the very first time.

Best Indie Historical Fiction 2025, one of six chosen by Kirkus Reviews Silver Medal 2025 CIPA EVVY Awards, Historical Fiction Foreword Indies 2023 Book Awards Bronze Winner, War and Military. Finalist: 2024 Eric Hoffer Awards, Historical Fiction, Debut Novel. Finalist: 2024 International Book...

From the barren rocks of Aden to the west coast of Ireland, the war under the sea is subverting the certainties of the Victorian Navy. While the dreadnoughts hide away at Scapa Flow and Kiel, the submarines and small ships of both sides are taking the war to the enemy coast. The Royal Navy is at...

From New York Times bestselling author Amy Hill Hearth comes her first historical thriller, inspired by the story of the 1916 Jersey Shore shark. “Sharks are as timid as rabbits,” says a superintendent of the Coast Guard, dismissing the possibility that a shark could be the culprit in an...

Norbert Gstrein schenkt uns ein ganzes Menschenleben. Dabei ist jedes Leben zerbrechlich in diesem Roman, der mit einem Axthieb beginnt: Adrians Vater macht ihn als Jugendlichen untauglich für den Ersten Weltkrieg, rettet ihn so vielleicht. Der störrische, zärtliche Mensch, der von da an durch über achtzig Lebensjahre hinkt, ist das Wunder dieses Erzählens. Adrian sieht zweimal seine Welt untergehen, hat zweimal mit jungen Männern zu tun, die weniger Glück hatten als er, und erlebt im Alter die unverhoffte Liebesgeschichte eines Mannes, der zu allem erzogen wurde, bloß nicht zum Lieben.

A debut historical novel destined to become a classic like Little Women, this coming-of-age story records an upstate New York family’s suffering and growth through World War I and its aftermath through the eyes of a young woman. Eleanor Foerster, a bright and irreverent fourteen-year-old...

The Navy has its new submarines and must discover what to do with them. They cannot fall back upon Nelson as a precedent, and Their Lordships of the Admiralty are at a loss to create a strategy. Gilbert Maltravers is given a new E Class boat and sent off to the Mediterranean, in the hope that...

Adventure can be a deadly business. 'A marvelous, rollicking tale of derring-do' Peter James 'A beautifully written masterclass' Janice Hallett ‘007 meets Tintin meets Sharpe' Damien Lewis 'A delight!' Fern Britton 'A superb read' Simon Scarrow 'Brilliantly gripping' Susan Lewis 'An...

When the distressing shadows of war fall across Europe, Olivia Brodie watches the man she loves, Captain Spencer Middleton, lead his men proudly to the front, his final words a promise to return. Left behind among the working-class neighbours she calls family, Olivia clings to hope as the world...

The Great War is over, and Kate is ready to welcome back Eliot with open arms. But her husband is a changed man. Kate has become used to her independence, and Eliot's return creates tensions both at work and at home, particularly with Kate's son, Callum. It tears Kate apart to see such strife between the two men she loves most. And her sister-in-law seems determined to stir up the animosity in order to benefit her own son. But when tragedy strikes, Kate cannot imagine just how much trouble Lucy's ambition can cause.

Wiltshire, December 1915. Widow Olivia Hanbury is persuaded by her cousin Donald to move in with his meek little wife while he is serving in France. When he's wounded and returns home to convalesce, tensions immediately rise between him and lively Olivia. But things begin to look up when Olivia becomes involved in starting the new Women's Institutes and is introduced to Alex, an antiques dealer. Meanwhile, Phoebe Latimer is holding the fort at Greyladies, an ancient manor house, while her husband is away at war. But someone is attempting to rid Greyladies of the German internees based there.

Belgien 1917, Erster Weltkrieg: Der kanadische Soldat Freddie kämpft gemeinsam mit einem schwer verwundeten deutschen Soldaten in einem eingestürzten Bunker ums Überleben … Einige Zeit später: Während in Flandern immer noch die Granaten einschlagen, erhält die Krankenschwester Laura ein...

Finalist, 2023 Arizona-New Mexico Book Awards, Historical Fiction "Parotti's expertly detailed accounts make for constant tension." —The Historical Novels Review Phillip Parotti's novel chronicles the fast-paced action of a collection of American submarine chasers as they battle to reduce the...

A leisurely weekend among the British gentry reveals the cracks in their upper-class society in this "beautifully crafted" historical fiction novel set in pre-WWI England (Washington Post). It is the autumn of 1913. Sir Randolph Nettleby has assembled a brilliant array of guests at his...

In the wake of World War I, New York heiress Alexandra Benson finds her life irrevocably changed after the tragic and mysterious death of her parents. Now, in a cruel twist of fate, her father’s testament delivers the agonizing blow, granting her uncle control over her inheritance—unless she marries. To safeguard her future, Alexandra hatches a plan with the aid of a dashing stranger to fake an engagement and claim what’s rightfully hers.

Heartbroken by unrequited love, courage will guide her path . . . When Molly and her best friend both fall in love with Harry Spencer, their former closeness is strained, but Molly quickly turns her mind to the Suffragette movement, finding solace and passion in helping their cause. With the...

Amos Darby, hijo de un granjero, sabía que sus sueños de un futuro con Charlotte Terrington, hija de un conde, eran inalcanzables. Sin embargo, su amistad secreta perduró durante años… hasta que la brutalidad de la Gran Guerra destruyó sus sueños y les robó la juventud. Amos regresa a casa marcado por las cicatrices de las trincheras décadas después, alejado de los amores perdidos. Ha encontrado refugio en su librería, un rincón solitario en un mundo que ya no reconoce.