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Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly
The million-copy bestseller Lilac Girls introduced the real-life heroine Caroline Ferriday. Now Lost Roses, set a generation earlier and also inspired by true events, features Caroline’s mother, Eliza, and follows three equally indomitable women from St. Petersburg to Paris under the shadow of World War I. From the turbulent streets of St. Petersburg and aristocratic countryside estates to
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Island Reich by Jack Grimwood
July, 1940. The Nazis launch their invasion of Britain – starting with the Channel Islands… And soldier turned safecracker Bill O’Hagan gets an offer: hang for his crimes or serve his country. The mission: impersonate a local on occupied Alderney, steal the invasion plans, escape. He almost believes they’re not lying. This post contains Affiliate Links.
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Hearts of Stone by Simon Scarrow
A STUNNING SECOND WORLD WAR THRILLER SET IN OCCUPIED GREECE FROM THE AUTHOR OF BLACKOUT AND DEAD OF NIGHT The fierce courage of the men and women of the Greek Resistance is brought to vivid life in Sunday Times bestseller Simon Scarrow’s powerful novel. ‘Gripping… [a] moving narrative of friendships broken by war and betrayal This post contains Affiliate Links.
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The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
From the number-one bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone comes a powerful American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression, a time when the country was in crisis and at war with itself, when millions were out of work and even the land seemed to have turned against them. This post
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A Death in Berlin by Simon Scarrow (Book 3 of 3)
Berlin. 1940. Hitler’s rule casts a menacing shadow over the city. As the distant war moves closer, Criminal Inspector Horst Schenke fights to keep criminals off his patch. But he is walking a tightrope. If his secret relationship with a Jewish woman is exposed, his career will be over. And her fate will be far, far
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Dead of Night by Simon Scarrow (Berlin Wartime Series)
As Germany strangles under the tight grip of the Nazi Party, the frozen winter of 1940 brings even more reasons to fear the dark in the crackling new WWII crime novel from #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Scarrow – perfect for fans of Philip Kerr’s Berlin Trilogy, Robert Ludlum, Andrew Gross, and William Christie… This post
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Black Out by Simon Scarrow
Book 1 of 3: Berlin Wartime Thrillers Berlin, December 1939 As Germany goes to war, the Nazis tighten their terrifying grip. Paranoia in the capital is intensified by a rigidly enforced blackout that plunges the city into oppressive darkness every night, as the bleak winter sun sets. This post contains Affiliate Links. As an Amazon
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City of Thieves by David Benioff
During the Nazis’ brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome deserter named Kolya. Instead of being executed, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive: secure a dozen eggs for a powerful Soviet
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The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone
Joining the ranks of Hidden Figures and In the Garden of Beasts, the incredible true story of the greatest cryptology duo that ever lived, an American woman and her husband who invented the modern science of codebreaking together and used it to confront the evils of their time, solving puzzles that unmasked Nazi spies and helped win World
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Dark Voyage by Alan Furst (Book 8 of 12)
“In the first nineteen months of European war, from September 1939 to March of 1941, the island nation of Britain and her allies lost, to U-boat, air, and sea attack, to mines and maritime disaster, one thousand five hundred and ninety-six merchant vessels. It was the job of the Intelligence Division of the Royal Navy