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London, 1941. The war has robbed eight-year-old orphan Elsie of everything except her older brother Jack. Evacuated together, they escaped a cruel farming family only to find their home destroyed, their mother gone. Elsie hasn’t spoken since. Wandering under the falling ash, their stomachs twist with hunger and Jack knows he cannot protect Elsie alone. But everything changes when they join a rag-tag band of orphans, runaway evacuees who’ve returned to the city just like them.

When war sends five displaced children to her door, Dodie Fitznorton knows life will never be the same. Eight-year-old Olive trembles when spoken to and won't say how she got a bruised lip, and her brother Peter seems angry at the entire world. With whispers of spies in the village and the children's precious futures at stake, Dodie must decide who to trust before everything she's built crumbles to ashes around her.

Fall 1918. The Great War is raging in Europe. American soldier, Jack Collins, is burned when he drags a dying friend into a mustard gas-filled trench. He spends the next agonizing weeks in one army hospital after another. As day after painful day passes, he loses hope that he’ll ever lead a normal life. In New England, Meg longs to do her part to help in the war effort, but caring for her elderly grandmother takes up all her time. Then, her aunt and uncle make arrangements for her to volunteer in a nearby hospital where she meets Jack.

London, 1941. Britain has endured the relentless bombing campaign of the Blitz and emerged, scarred but unbroken. Caitrin, too, strives to weather each challenge that comes her way, though her ever-ready banter belies deep heartbreak and loss. But now the war has entered another phase. Instead of indiscriminate bombing, the Luftwaffe is pinpointing historic targets, including cathedrals and ancestral homes. It's as if Germany plans to erase Britain's very essence and culture, destroying morale as it does so.

«Гнездо орла» — вторая часть художественно-документальной трилогии Елены Съяновой, посвященной истории фашистского Третьего рейха и судьбам его лидеров. Время действия 1937—1939 годы — зенит власти Адольфа Гитлера, период от аншлюса Австрии до начала Второй мировой войны. «Документов я получила так много, — рассказывает автор, — что весь этот период можно было буквально хронометрировать, снабдив текст ссылками на источники».

1944. Maebelle Willett arrives in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, eager to begin her new government job and send money home to her impoverished family. She knows little about the work she will be doing, but she’s told it will help America win the war. Not all is what it seems, however. Though Oak Ridge employees are forbidden from discussing their jobs, Mae’s roommate begins sharing disturbing information, then disappears without a trace. Mae desperately attempts to find her but instead comes face-to-face with a life-altering revelation―one that comes at significant cost.

When the Nazis invade Paris, Antoinette Valette’s world shatters overnight. In an instant, she goes from being a celebrated violinist, to fearing for the life of her Jewish husband and son. With nowhere to flee, hiding in plain sight is her family’s only choice.

Ein dunkles Familiengeheimnis um eine angesehene Familie von Bestsellerautorin Serena Avanlea. Devon, 1899: Elodie träumt davon, sich als Gestalterin in die familieneigene Tapetenfabrik einzubringen. Doch stattdessen wird sie als höhere Tochter in ein Leben gezwungen, das sie nicht will – und das sie beinahe zerstört. Welche dunkles Geheimnis verbirgt hinter der wunderschönen Tapete mit den weißen Lilien? Deutschland, 1981: Anna erbt eine Villa in England. Doch was zunächst als großes Glück erscheint, birgt eine düstere Vergangenheit.

Als Karen Cartwright in ihr Elternhaus zurückkehrt, um ihren kranken Vater zu pflegen, geht sie mit schwerem Herzen. Das Haus trägt die schmerzhafte Erinnerung an den tragischen Tod ihrer Mutter Elizabeth und die von ihrem Vater streng gehüteten Geheimnisse darüber, wie sie zu Tode kam. Beim Aufräumen entdeckt Karen ein altes Foto und den zerfledderten Liebesbrief eines Fremden an ihre Mutter, der nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg in Deutschland abgestempelt wurde.

La saga degli Effinger ha inizio con Paul e Karl - figli del capostipite Mathias, orologiaio a Kragsheim - che da un piccolo paese si dirigono alla volta della Berlino cosmopolita per cercare fortuna. Ambiziosi e irrequieti, mecenati talentuosi e sensibili, ardenti patrioti e prussiani, in poco tempo gli Effinger riescono a guadagnarsi la fama di abilissimi imprenditori e a diventare una delle famiglie piú importanti della città.

Living in Jersey during the Nazi occupation, Briar Le Gros and her mother, Diana, are hiding a dangerous secret. Witchery runs in their blood. One night, as the coven gather, a storm crashes down and, late for curfew, Briar must shelter in the ruins of an old prison. With a flash of lightning she’s brought face to face with Xavier Giroye, a surprising stranger … from 1643.

Edifici a perdita d'occhio, ciminiere fumanti, carrozze che scampanellano impazzite su strade sterrate e un viavai incessante, come un torrente in piena: ecco Vienna il 30 luglio 1914, la Prima guerra mondiale deflagra domani. Hans, stalliere tirolese di diciassette anni arrivato in città dopo un lungo viaggio, ha l'impressione di trovarsi a Babilonia; abituato alla quiete della campagna e ai suoi silenzi, quel tumulto febbrile gli ruba il fiato.

Bari, Italy. 1943. Twenty-year-old Siena knocks on a stranger's door with trembling hands. Her journey from Rome has left her exhausted and afraid, but after her friends were taken away, she had no choice but to flee. Hidden within her suitcase lies the reason for her desperate flight–a tattered leather-bound ledger, its pages filled with secrets Siena will risk her life to protect.

Triest, 1920. Mattia ist ein Faschist der ersten Stunde. Sein Gesicht ist noch bartlos, weshalb man ihn Bambino nennt, aber seine Schläge sind so hart, dass die halbe Stadt sich vor ihm fürchtet. Mattia weiß nicht, wer seine Mutter ist. Gar eine von drüben? Eine Slowenin? Sein Vater, der Antifaschist und Uhrmacher, will es ihm nicht verraten. Im Schlamm und Schmutz des Zweiten Weltkriegs verliert Mattia schließlich alle Gewissheiten, und er muss erfahren, dass der Gewinner von heute der Verlierer von morgen sein kann.

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway is a landmark novel of the 20th century that captures the disillusionment and aimlessness of the post–World War I generation, often referred to as the "Lost Generation." The story follows Jake Barnes, an American journalist living in Paris, and his circle of expatriate friends—including the charismatic and troubled Lady Brett Ashley—as they travel from the cafés of Montparnasse to the bullfighting arenas of Pamplona.

Anna, Bernie en Elica sluiten een verbond om voor altijd vriendinnen te blijven. Maar zal hun vriendschap de verschrikkingen van de oorlog doorstaan? Het verraad van mijn zus is deel 2 van de Oorlogszussen-serie. De oorlog raakt iedereen, zo ook de bloedzussen. In de hoop herenigd te worden met haar man Daniël, loopt de wanhopige Elica het gevreesde hoofdkwartier van de Gestapo binnen. Ze is bereid alles op te offeren voor hun liefde. Anna en haar familie zijn overgeleverd aan de grillen van Ulf. Krijgt zijn obsessie voor Anna de overhand, of blijft hij loyaal aan de Führer?

In the heart of war-torn Rotterdam, the latest instalment of the Fernsby's War Series unfolds in a gripping saga of espionage, love, and sacrifice. Rotterdam finds Michael Fernsby in a deadly game of cat and mouse, sent to the Netherlands on the eve of the German invasion with the fate of Europe in the balance. Meanwhile, Mina's broadcasts of courage and truth have made her the Nazis' most wanted. Michael's beloved, the voice behind the rallying cries of a suppressed nation, now stands directly in the crosshairs of the menace he seeks to dismantle.

When George Allenby is put in charge of building a lake in the grounds of an imposing Irish manor house, he intends to do the job as swiftly as possible and return to Belfast. Allenby is still wrestling with his time as an officer during the First World War, burdened by the many things he could have done differently.

¿Cómo actuarías si al encontrarte unas cartas antiguas te das cuentas que puedes cambiar la vida de otras personas? La emigración española de los años sesenta se entrelaza en esta novela con la destrucción de una guerra y el necesario perdón para seguir viviendo. Alemania, 1963. Otro tren de emigrantes españoles llega a la estación de Colonia. Entre los pasajeros, Carlos y Diego, dos jóvenes gaditanos que buscan, como tantos otros, nuevas oportunidades fuera de España.

Even with peace on the horizon, Met WAAF Jenny Hazleton is as busy as ever. Her keen weather-forecasting allows the pilots to continue their missions, including food drops to starving allies and the repatriation of prisoners of war. Navigating many of these missions is Flying Officer Edwin Holland, whose rejection of her advances at Christmas still stings. Edwin is increasingly haunted by his role in the war, including the bombing of Dresden, and Jenny yearns to comfort him. But when he reveals the shocking reason he turned her down, she must decide if their friendship is well and truly over.