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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Adventure / thriller > Historical adventure
'I will never forget what the Nazi did to me. Never' 1940,
Nazi-occupied Paris. A powerful story of love, tragedy and
incredible courage, about one woman whose life is ripped apart by
war and risks everything to seek justice. Brand new from the
bestselling author of The Resistance Girl. As Nazis patrol the
streets of the French capital, Tiena is alone, desperate and on the
run. After defending herself against the force of an officer, she
must find a new identity in order to survive. An accidental meeting
with members of the Resistance gives her a lifeline, as she is
offered the chance to reinvent herself as perfumer Angeline De
Cadieux. However Angeline will never forget what happened to her,
and will do everything she can to seek revenge. But vengeance can
be a dangerous game, and Angeline can only hide her true identity
for so long before her past catches up with her, with some
devastating consequences... Paris, 2003. When the opportunity
arises for aspiring journalist Emma Keane to interview world
renowned perfumer Madame De Cadieux about her life during World War
Two, she is determined to take it. There are secrets from her own
family history that she hopes Angeline may be able to help unlock.
But nothing can prepare Emma for Angeline's story, and one thing is
for certain - it will change her own life forever... An absolutely
heartbreaking, unforgettable historical novel of war, sacrifice and
survival. Perfect for fans of Suzanne Goldring, Ella Carey and
Catherine Hokin.
This New York Times bestseller from “one of the great storytellers of
our time” (San Francisco Book Review) turns from the glamour of the
royal courts to tell the story of an ordinary woman, Alinor, living in
a dangerous time for a woman to be different.
On Midsummer’s Eve, Alinor waits in the church graveyard, hoping to
encounter the ghost of her missing husband and thus confirm his death.
Until she can, she is neither maiden nor wife nor widow, living in a
perilous limbo. Instead she meets James, a young man on the run. She
shows him the secret ways across the treacherous marshy landscape of
the Tidelands, not knowing she is leading a spy and an enemy into her
life.
England is in the grip of a bloody civil war that reaches into the most
remote parts of the kingdom. Alinor’s suspicious neighbors are watching
each other for any sign that someone might be disloyal to the new
parliament, and Alinor’s ambition and determination mark her as a woman
who doesn’t follow the rules. They have always whispered about the
sinister power of Alinor’s beauty, but the secrets they don’t know
about her and James are far more damning. This is the time of
witch-mania, and if the villagers discover the truth, they could take
matters into their own hands.
“This is Gregory par excellence” (Kirkus Reviews). “Fans of Gregory’s
works and of historicals in general will delight in this page-turning
tale” (Library Journal, starred review) that is “superb… A searing
portrait of a woman that resonates across the ages” (People).
The young Robert Louis Stevenson, living in a boarding house in San
Francisco while waiting for his beloved's divorce from her feckless
husband, dreamed of writing a soaring novel about his landlady's
adventurous and globe-trotting husband but he never got around to
it. And very soon thereafter he was married, headed home to
Scotland, and on his way to becoming the most famous novelist in
the world, after writing such classics as Treasure Island, The
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Kidnapped. But now
Brian Doyle brings Stevenson's untold tale to life, braiding the
adventures of seaman John Carson with those of a young Stevenson,
wandering the streets of San Francisco, gathering material for his
fiction, and yearning for his beloved across the bay. An adventure
tale, an elegy to one of the greatest writers of our language, a
time-traveling plunge into The City by the Bay during its own
energetic youth, The Adventures of John Carson in Several Quarters
of the World is entertaining, poignant, and sensual.
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Memory Hunter
(Hardcover)
Frank Morin; Edited by Joshua Essoe; Cover design or artwork by Christopher Guerra
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R778
Discovery Miles 7 780
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Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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A secretary like no other... In an epic spanning 40 years.
All Hanna Fischer ever wanted to do was to study physics under the great Albert Einstein. But when, as a teenager in 1919, her life is suddenly turned upside-down, she is catapulted into a new and extraordinary life - as a secretary, a scientist, a sister and a spy.
From racist gangs in Berlin to gangsters in New York City, Nazis in the 1930s and Hitler's inner circle during the Second World War, Hanna will encounter some of history's greatest minds and most terrible moments, all while desperately trying to stay alive.
She is a most unique secretary and she will work for many bosses - from shrewd businessmen to vile Nazis, to the greatest boss of them all, Mr Albert Einstein...
Spanning forty years, this is the thrilling tale of a young woman propelled through history's most dangerous times.
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Riding
(Hardcover)
Malcolm Archibald
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R681
Discovery Miles 6 810
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Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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