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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction > First World War fiction
Can you leave the past behind and embrace the future? - A brand new
series from Tracy Baines. 'A new saga author has arrived. The Women
of Fisher's Wharf is a joy to read' - AnneMarie Brear Great
Grimsby, 1912 Newlywed fisherman Alec Hardy decides to make a fresh
start with his young wife Letty and move to the thriving fishing
port of Grimsby in search of a brighter future. Letty is from
farming stock and knows nothing of the hard life as a fishermen's
wife but is willing to embrace the challenge with Alec. But where
Alec goes, so does his widowed mother, Dorcas and she has trouble
coming to terms with taking second place in her son's life. With
Alec at sea for weeks on end, the two women clash and Letty seeks
escape from her bitter mother-in-law amongst the streets of Fish
Dock Wharf. Can Letty help them break free from the shadows of the
past or will she be bound by Dorcas' insistence that they cling to
the old ways? Praise for Tracy Baines: 'A saga about ambition, hard
work, courage ...and spite'. Rosie Clarke I highly recommend this
book.' Fenella Miller 'An emotional, entertaining read that had me
gripped!' Sheila Riley 'An absorbing saga. I loved it from the very
beginning and would highly recommend it...' Elaine Roberts
'Terrific - beautifully written. A well-crafted and satisfying
story' Maisie Thomas 'A pleasure from start to finish.' Glenda
Young 'an evocative, busy, entertaining read vying with angst, and
of course, more than a dollop of tension.' Margaret Graham, Frost
Magazine 'Characterisation is one of the book's strong points - the
individual characters stay in your mind long after you finish the
story.' Barbara Dynes, The Voice'I just loved this book! Molly
Walton
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Beau Geste
(Hardcover)
P.C. Wren, Percival Christopher Wren
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R686
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Edge of Eternity is the epic, final novel in Ken Follett's captivating
and hugely ambitious Century trilogy. On its own or read in sequence
with Fall of Giants and Winter of the World, this is an irresistible
and spellbinding epic about the fight for personal freedom set during
the Cold War.
A Fight Against Injustice
1961, and in the United States George Jakes, a bright young lawyer in
the Kennedy administration and fierce supporter of the civil rights
movement, boards a Greyhound bus in Washington with Verena, an employee
of Martin Luther King whom he is in love with, to protest against
segregation.
A Rising Tide of Danger
In East Germany, teacher Rebecca Hoffmann finds her entire life has
been a lie as she is targeted by the secret police, even as her younger
brother, Walli, dreams of escape across the Berlin Wall to Britain. In
Russia, activist Tania Dvorkin narrowly evades capture for producing an
illegal news-sheet, her actions all the more perilous because her
brother, Dimka, is an emerging star of the Communist Party.
A Cold War That Could Eliminate the World Forever
In a sweeping tale that began in 1911, the descendants of five families
will now find their true destiny as they fight for their individual
freedom in a world facing the mightiest clash of superpowers it has
ever seen.
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