Showing titles in World War II & Holocaust

England, 1948. It’s been ten years since Lola arrived from Germany as a Jewish refugee. Even now, she can’t think about the family she lost, or her heartbreak will destroy her. Instead, Lola looks to the future: the new family she’s found working in a job she adores as an airline stewardess, and the butterflies she feels around handsome pilot Brian – though the thought of opening her heart again terrifies her.

Verona, 1944. When an air raid strikes Elisa's home, she is left with nothing but the clothes on her back, the teddy bear clutched in her arms and her beloved older brother. Traumatised into silence, six-year-old Elisa can no longer speak and relies on Robi to guide her through this war-torn...

Edith, gymnaste et danseuse accomplie, rêve de ballet et de succès olympiques. Mais en 1943, la vie en Hongrie est dangereuse pour une jeune fille juive et alors que l'Europe s'embrase, Edith est déportée à Auschwitz avec sa famille. Lorsque l'horreur sévit partout autour d'elle et que la...

Bloomsbury presents… Lizzie’s War by Rosie Clarke read by Juliette Burton FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LIZZIE'S SECRET. LONDON 1940. A gritty, heart-warming and wholesome drama about surviving against the odds. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Nadine Dorries. Against the devastating...

Bloomsbury presents Lizzie’s Secret by Rosie Clarke, read by Juliette Burton LONDON 1938. A gritty, heart-warming and wholesome drama about two girls united in friendship and tested in love. Perfect for the fans of Katie Flynn and Nadine Dorries. Lizzie Larch is a twenty-year-old hatmaker in...

Ein zutiefst berührender Roman über das Erinnern, das Vergeben und die Sehnsucht, irgendwo anzukommen. Als Liesel ihre Großmutter Emmi auf eine Reise in die ehemalige Provinz Ostpreußen begleitet, sucht sie mehr als nur einen Ort – sie sucht Antworten. Antworten auf die Fragen, die...

In einem Schweizer Dorf an der Grenze zu Deutschland führt vor 100 Jahren der junge Wirt Arnold einen Gasthof. Bunte Vögel und düstere Gestalten überqueren die Grenze, manche kommen auch nachts und querfeldein. Am Stammtisch sitzen die Witzbolde aus dem Dorf. Eines Tages naht eine Fremde hoch zu Ross durch den Schnee. Ihr Name ist Betty. Arnold heiratet sie und bekommt mit ihr acht Kinder. Das Leben nimmt seinen Lauf, bis sich die älteste Tochter Clara 1933 in einen Schmuggler namens Hermann verliebt.

She lost everything to war. But can she risk her heart again? Widowed and grieving, Eileen Bentley leaves bomb-scarred London for the rugged coast of Cornwall, determined to start over as housekeeper to her dear late husband's brother. But the war is never far behind. As air raids reach the...

The gripping new historical thriller from the award-winning author of Munich Wolf and Evil in High Places , perfect for fans of Philip Kerr, Robert Harris and Simon Scarrow. ON THE EVE OF WAR, A ROYAL GUEST IS LURED INTO HITLER'S DEADLY WEB . . . Munich, 1937. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor...

En 1940, le jeune Adam est envoyé au camp de concentration de Sachsenhausen. Il a été arrêté en Pologne pour avoir voulu résister aux nazis. Malgré le froid, la faim, la peur et la mort omniprésents, Adam refuse de se laisser briser par les horreurs du camp. Avec David, un musicien juif...

A sweeping and emotional World War II novel for readers of Soraya M. Lane and Veronica Leigh. ‘Heartbreaking and hopeful’ Kate Galley 'An engaging story of fortitude … and unexpected love' Anita Frank 'A moving story of love, sacrifice and survival' Suzanne Fortin 'A gripping and original...

«P. Collin nos sumerge, con un talento narrativo innegable, en la vida cotidiana de un teatro de máscaras». — Le Figaro Una ciudad mítica: París. Un lugar legendario: el Gran Hotel Ritz. Un barman legendario: Frank Meier, el barman del Ritz. Todos habían probado sus famosos cócteles...

THE NEW BOOK FROM THE RNA WINNING AUTHOR Malta, 1941. A tiny island sits at the heart of the Mediterranean - and at the tipping point of the Second World War. As bombs rain down, beneath the ancient stone of Valletta's fortifications, a young nurse tends the wounded in the darkness. But Faith...

London, 1942: The threat of German invasion has abated, and the war has entered a new chapter, famously summed up by Winston Churchill as "the end of the beginning." While Churchill faces mounting pressure and calls for his resignation, a dark new horror is unfolding across the channel, as the...

To what lengths will the British go to smuggle a secret weapon into Nazi Germany? An unmissable Second World War thriller from bestseller Alex Gerlis. 'Absorbing ... Gerlis directs his cast with verve' Financial Times Hiding in the horror of Warsaw's Jewish Ghetto with his family, scientist...

To live among wolves, first you must become one An unmissable new spy thriller from best-selling master of the genre, Alex Gerlis. War is coming to Europe. British spymaster Barnaby Allen begins recruiting a network of agents in Germany. With diplomatic relations quickly unravelling, this pack...

Treachery and valour in the Second World War. As Hitler's armies march across Europe, Eddie Dawson, an explosives expert and lance-corporal in the Royal Engineers, is sent to France on an assessment mission. His task completed, he anticipates an early return to Britain. Instead, he's sent to...

1941, Giggleswick: Flora Whittaker runs The Cunning Vixen Inn, a small pub in the centre of the village. When her husband, Bill, re-enlists in the war, he leaves Flora to run the pub with the help of young May, the next-door neighbour’s daughter. Flora has several money-saving and illegal...

An unforgettable, sweeping novel of espionage, love, and war that reframes our understanding of the first half of the twenthieth century. Born into an aristocratic German Jewish family, Ernst Baerwald is a gifted linguist, talented musician, and fearless idealist. When he’s recruited in 1900...

The Alice Network meets The Nightingale in this romantic and suspenseful novel about a female spy who must push herself to her very limits to save herself and everything she holds dear—from nationally bestselling author and master of historical fiction C.C. Humphreys. It’s 1939, and...