Historical Fiction War Ii

Recruited as a codebreaker of enemy ciphers, ex-debutante Osla Kendall spends her days translating Axis military messages and her nights reading mystery novels. When Osla gets her hands on Agatha Christie's most recent work, N or M?, a mysterious signal within its pages catches her eye, and she and her eccentric book club get in touch with the famous but reclusive writer. Osla's outreach is a welcome distraction for Agatha, who feels restless and underestimated toiling away in a London pharmacy.

The Azad Hind Fauj plans to set up the Azad Hind Bank at Port Blair, after the liberation of the Andaman and Nicobar islands from the British. However, the treasure and men sent to open the branch are mysteriously lost. A British police officer is on a dangerous mission to acquire a mysterious weapon in a forbidden island on Nicobar, which can help them win the WWII. The clue to finding this liquid is hidden in a poem.

October 1940. Twenty-three-year-old Bobby Bancroft is working as a typist for a city newspaper, but she longs to be breaking the news herself. When she successfully applies for a junior reporter role at The Tyke, a magazine serving the Yorkshire Dales, she's thrilled – even if she only gets the position because so many men are away fighting. Bobby moves to the sleepy village of Silverdale, but she quickly discovers life in the countryside is a different world.

"Kindsein in Zeiten des Krieges" Krieg und NS-Zeit aus der Sicht eines Kindes. Ein Roman über die Südtiroler Auswanderung und die NS-Verbrechen an Menschen mit Behinderung Eine Familie aus Südtirol entscheidet sich 1942 im Zuge der »Option» für die Auswanderung ins Deutsche Reich. Der 11-jährige Ludi erzählt von den letzten Tagen im Dorf und der ersten Station im Deutschen Reich: Innsbruck. Auf Anweisung der Ärzte muss sein behinderter Bruder Hanno in eine Anstalt bei Hall gebracht werden. Die restliche Familie zieht weiter nach Oberösterreich.

Lassen Sie sich diesen Hochspannungs-Roman vom Militärexperten Stefan Köhler nicht entgehen! Nach seinem Bestseller "Einsatzbericht – Im Fadenkreuz" legt er erneut einen mitreißenden U-Boot-Roman vor, der den Krieg zur See in all seiner Grausamkeit darstellt. Anfang 1942: Die deutsche U-Boot-Waffe befindet sich auf dem Höhepunkt ihrer Macht, doch mit den USA hat ein neuer Kriegsgegner das Schlachtfeld betreten.

21-year-old Alix is studying in Paris, far away from Sasha, her Serbian father and Leonora, her English mother, as World War Two breaks out. Finding hope even in troubled times, romance sparks with fellow student Raoul; but she soon learns young love can be tumultuous. So, when Steve, a handsome American pilot with Serbian ancestors, enters her life, she can't ignore her feelings toward him. And making a decision will be even harder as both men leave for war.

Agli inizi degli anni Quaranta, il maggiore delle SS Hans Lichtblau viene messo alla guida di un programma di ricerca che utilizza i prigionieri dei campi di concentramento come cavie, ma anche come assistenti, inquadrati nel Kommando Gardenia. Sullo sfondo degli esperimenti, la "soluzione finale del problema ebraico", l'avanzata nazista in Russia e la colonizzazione dei territori dell'Est, poi, inaspettata, la disfatta e la caduta di Berlino.

Februar 1945: Während überall im Reich die Bomben der Alliierten niedergehen, treibt ein Serienmörder in mehreren deutschen Städten sein Unwesen. Seine Opfer: SS-Männer und deren Familien. Die Jagd auf das Ungeheuer führt Kriminalrat Erich Klemmer und seine Assistentin Luci Rost in die Abgründe des nationalsozialistischen Apparates und in jene Stadt, die bislang als einzige im Reich von den Bomben verschont wurde: Dresden... Die ungekürzte Hörbuchfassung zum ersten Roman aus der Klemmer-Reihe von Alexander Asisi. Gelesen von dem Schauspieler und Max-Ophüls Preisträger Johannes Brandrup.

When Betty Palmer's sister dies under suspicious circumstances whilst landing her Tiger Moth, Betty and three other women pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary in WWII England unite to discover who killed her and why. Estranged from her family, Penny Blake wants simply to belong. American Doris Winter, running from a personal tragedy, yearns for a new start. Naturally shy Mary Whitworth-Baines struggles to fit in. Together, though, they are a force to be reckoned with as they face the mystery that confronts them.

Rationing, bombing, disease and pit disasters are part of Rose Kelly's World War 2 childhood. When the spirited coalminer's daughter discovers a family secret, she makes a choice that overshadows her teenage years. Rose tries to make the most of post-war opportunities, but family tragedy pulls her back to a life in the colliery rows. She relinquishes her bright future for domestic duties because her family comes first.

Questo romanzo narra la storia di una famiglia di Capalbio ed è ambientata anche nei paesi limitrofi dalla nascita del fascismo ai giorni nostri (nei prossimi volumi). Protagonista è la famiglia Martelli, composta da undici figli tra maschi e femmine. Le vite dei figli sono il motore del romanzo, che descrive gli amori, gli errori, le passioni e le scelte di vita di ognuno di loro. I destini di questa famiglia si intrecciano, contornati dagli eventi storici che avvengono nella nazione e in Europa.

FBI cryptographer Eloise Marshall is grieving the death of her brother, who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor, when she is assigned to investigate a seemingly innocent letter about dolls. Agent Phillip Clayton is ready to enlist and head oversees when asked to work one more FBI job. A case of coded defense coordinates related to dolls should be easy, but not so when the Japanese Consulate gets involved, hearts get entangled, and Phillip goes missing. Can Eloise risk loving and losing again?

Can a young war correspondent find herself and follow her heart? In this work of historical fiction, 20-something Annabella “Annie” March arrives in France in 1944 intending to write about the war. Soon, however, Annie begins to distance herself from her sometimes-mentor, sometimes-rival - the great Martha Gellhorn - and Gellhorn’s larger-than-life husband, the novelist Ernest Hemingway. She turns to photography in the hopes of making her own name and, to her delight, discovers that images come more easily than words.

Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, the USA Today and #1 Amazon Charts bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours. Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis...

Glasgow, WW2. Despite being shy and reserved, Jeannie finds herself newly engaged to Arthur the day war is announced. Unsure if she would ever get another proposal, Jeanie accepts. But with war raging on, her wedding must wait. As she sets off to work at a munitions factory, she meets Eileen, Janet and Annie. As her new friends reveal their chaotic romances at such a troubling time, Jeannie is grateful to be settled with rigid, formal and straight-talking Arthur. Until she begins to doubt everything.

Milano, 8 settembre 1943: il paese si ferma ad ascoltare l'annuncio dell'armistizio. In realtà, sta per avere inizio la fase più dura del conflitto, in cui sarà difficile capire di chi potersi fidare davvero. Mentre Marilù resiste, cercando di tenere al sicuro le ragazze che lavorano per lei e aiutando come può i partigiani del quartiere, Venera decide di entrare nella Resistenza per opporsi alla situazione generale insieme alle donne lasciate in città, stanche di non avere mai voce in capitolo.

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Londra. È notte ed Ethan Cooper, giornalista del Guardian, è alla guida. All'improvviso, sbucato dal nulla, un uomo si lancia sotto la sua macchina. L'asfalto, zuppo di pioggia, rende inutile la frenata: l'impatto è inevitabile, gli effetti devastanti. Resosi conto della gravità dell'incidente, Ethan chiama i soccorsi e raggiunge l'uomo in fin di vita. Questi, con le ultime forze, gli consegna due oggetti e pronuncia alcune frasi incomprensibili. Sentendosi responsabile per quanto accaduto, Ethan comincia allora un'indagine.

The glimmering Huguenot cross she so innocently wears leads her deep into the shadows. When Gabriella Madison arrives in the French village of Castelnau in 1961 to continue her university studies, she doesn’t anticipate being drawn into the secretive world behind the Algerian war for independence from France. And the further she delves into the war efforts, the more her faith is challenged. The people who surround her bring a whirlwind of transforming forces.

Eye of the Needle, Ken Follett's historical thriller, is a heart-racingly exciting tale about the fate of the war resting in the hands of a master spy, his opponent and one brave woman. Victory Hangs in the Balance 1944. In the weeks leading up to D-Day the Allies are disguising their invasion...