The Rabbit Girls
Berlin, 1989 As the wall between East and West falls, Miriam Winter cares for her dying father, Henryk When he cries out for someone named Frieda and Miriam discovers an Auschwitz tattoo hidden under his watch strap Henryk s secret history begins to unravel Searching for clues of her fat
A Single Thread
1932 After the Great War took both her beloved brother and her fianc , Violet Speedwell has become a surplus woman, one of a generation doomed to a life of spinsterhood after the war killed so many young men Yet Violet cannot reconcile herself to a life spent caring for her grieving, embittered
Akin
A retired New York professor s life is thrown into chaos when he takes a young great nephew to the French Riviera, in hopes of uncovering his own mother s wartime secrets in the next masterpiece from New York Times bestselling author Emma Donoghue Noah Selvaggio is a retired chemistry professor and
The Last Train to London
The New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Exiles conjures her best novel yet, a pre World War II era story with the emotional resonance of Orphan Train and All the Light We Cannot See, centering on the Kindertransports that carried thousands of children out of Nazi occupied Europe and one b
Renia's Diary: A Holocaust Journal
The long hidden diary of a young Polish woman s last days during the Holocaust, translated for the first time into English, with a foreword from American Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt Renia Spiegel was a young girl from an upper middle class Jewish family living on an estate in Stawki, Polan
The French Photographer
Inspired by the incredible true story of Lee Miller, Vogue model turned one of the first female war photojournalists, the new novel by the bestselling author of The Paris Seamstress Manhattan, Paris, 1942 When Jessica May s successful modelling career is abruptly cut short, she is assigned to the w
The Shadow King
A gripping novel set during Mussolini s 1935 invasion of Ethiopia, The Shadow King takes us back to the first real conflict of World War II, casting light on the women soldiers who were left out of the historical record With the threat of Mussolini s army looming, recently orphaned Hirut struggles
Memories of Glass
Reminiscent of Diane Ackerman s The Zookeeper s Wife, this stunning novel draws from true accounts to shine a light on a period of Holland s darkest history and bravest heroes 1942 As war rips through the heart of Holland, childhood friends Josie van Rees and Eliese Linden partner with a few darin
White Bird: A Wonder Story
In Auggie Me, which expands on characters in Wonder, readers were introduced to Julian s grandmother, Grandm re Palacio makes her graphic novel debut with Grandm re s story as a young Jewish girl hidden away by a family in Nazi occupied France during World War II Her experience demonstrates the
A Guest of the Reich
Thrilling An intimate spy story, as though a dear friend is taking us along on her misadventure behind Nazi lines Bill Dedman, author of the 1 New York Times bestseller Empty Mansions From the co author of The Zhivago Affair, a finalist for the National Books Critics Circle Award, comes the dr
When Hell Struck Twelve (Billy Boyle World War II Mysteries #14)
The fourteenth Billy Boyle WWII mystery takes place in northern France during August of 1944 Captain Billy Boyle is assigned to track down a French traitor, Bernard Fouch, a member of the French Resistance recently discovered to have been an informer Fouch betrayed many members of his Resistance g
Chastise: The Dambusters Story 1943
Operation Chastise, the destruction of the Mohne and Eder dams in north west Germany by the RAF s 617 Squadron on the night of 16 17 May 1943, was an epic that has passed into Britain s national legend Max Hastings grew up embracing the story, the classic 1955 movie and the memory of Guy Gibson, th
First to Fight: The Polish War 1939
Drawing for the first time on Polish, German and Soviet sources, First to Fight is the definitive history of the German invasion of Poland, which opened the war in September 1939 Roger Moorhouse provides a dramatic narrative of military events, brought to life by a select cast of generals and polit
The Force: The Legendary Special Ops Unit and WWII's Mission Impossible
A riveting WWII narrative about the group of elite US and Canadian soldiers mountainmen, lumberjacks, hunters, and explorers who sacrificed everything to accomplish a crucial but nearly impossible mission In December of 1943, as Nazi forces sprawled around the world and the future of civiliza
The Dressmaker's Gift
From the bestselling author of The Beekeeper s Promise comes a gripping story of three young women faced with impossible choices How will history and their families judge them Paris, 1940 With the city occupied by the Nazis, three young seamstresses go about their normal lives as best they c