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Saah
(Hardcover)
Syd Fini; Foreword by Reza Aslan
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R562
Discovery Miles 5 620
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Based on the heart-breaking true story of Cilka Klein, Cilka's
Journey is a million copy international bestseller and the sequel
to the No.1 bestselling phenomenon, The Tattooist of Auschwitz 'She
was the bravest person I ever met' Lale Sokolov, The Tattooist of
Auschwitz In 1942 Cilka Klein is just sixteen years old when she is
taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp. The Commandant at
Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, notices her long beautiful hair, and forces
her separation from the other women prisoners. Cilka learns quickly
that power, even unwillingly given, equals survival. After
liberation, Cilka is charged as a collaborator by the Russians and
sent to a desolate, brutal prison camp in Siberia known as Vorkuta,
inside the Arctic Circle. Innocent, imprisoned once again, Cilka
faces challenges both new and horribly familiar, each day a battle
for survival. Cilka befriends a woman doctor, and learns to nurse
the ill in the camp, struggling to care for them under unimaginable
conditions. And when she tends to a man called Alexandr, Cilka
finds that despite everything, there is room in her heart for love.
Cilka's Journey is a powerful testament to the triumph of the human
will. It will move you to tears, but it will also leave you
astonished and uplifted by one woman's fierce determination to
survive, against all odds. Don't miss Heather Morris's next book,
Stories of Hope. Out now. - - - - - - - - 'Her truly incredible
story is one to be read by everyone.' Sun 'Cilka's extraordinary
courage in the face of evil and her determination to survive
against the odds will stay with you long after you've finished
reading this heartrending book.' Sunday Express 'Her courage and
determination to survive makes for a heartrending read.' Daily
Mirror
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Execution
(Paperback)
S J Parris
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R230
R195
Discovery Miles 1 950
Save R35 (15%)
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The No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling series set during the reign of
Queen Elizabeth I, perfect for fans of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall
trilogy and Netflix's The Crown 'Gripping' Sunday Times 'Fast-paced
and entertaining' Mail on Sunday A TREASONOUS PLOT England, 1586.
Giordano Bruno, heretic turned spy, passes on vital information to
spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham. A band of Catholic Englishmen are
plotting to kill Queen Elizabeth and install Mary, Queen of Scots,
on the English throne. A DEADLY TRAP Walsingham, already aware of
the plot, is allowing it to progress. He hopes that Mary will put
her support in writing - and condemn herself to a traitor's death.
A QUEEN IN DANGER Bruno must go undercover, join the conspirators
and stop them. A queen is destined to die; Bruno must make sure it
is the right one... Praise for Execution 'A brilliantly realised
fictionalisation of the Babington plot against Elizabeth 1'
Observer 'Execution has an atmospheric sense of place. The plot
twists and turns' The Times 'Immaculate... the depth of period
detail, the all-enveloping sense of time and place, and the sheer
gory drama' Metro 'Sumptuous' New York Times 'Parris's attention to
the details of Elizabethan life and her ability to create
characters of depth are again on display in a gripping narrative'
The Sunday Times 'Fast-paced and entertaining' Mail on Sunday
'Parris is one of the stars of historical crime fiction and this,
her sixth Giordano Bruno novel, is among her best'i 'Superbly
plotted, shimmeringly written, it will have you on the edge of your
seat' Kate Williams, author of The Storms of War 'An impressive
feat' Marisa Haetzman, also writes as Ambrose Parry
The Irish Boer Woman is the second volume of the Brigid O’Meara trilogy (the first part was England Wants Your Gold, printed in 2015) that follows the life of an adventurous young Irish woman who is drawn into the intrigues and violence of the Jameson Raid of 1895, and later incarcerated in a British concentration camp during the Anglo Boer War for assisting active Boer commandos.
As an Irish nationalist, Brigid finds herself in the midst of a clash of cultures and worldviews. She is drawn into the conflict of the Anglo Boer War by identifying and entering the struggle of the Boers of the Transvaal to retain their independence, putting her into direct conflict with British authorities representing an expanding global empire. Adding to her emotional turmoil is her romantic involvement with a British Uitlander, who is facing charges of high treason by the Transvaal Boer Government.
Through the characters, the reader enters the harrowing realities of a war in which the two Boer Republics mobilized every man between 16 and 60 with no uniform, no money and no formal training to take on the might of the British Empire.
Born into the sweat and drudgery of a New South Wales sheep farm at the
end of the 19th century, Dolly Maunder is different to her siblings.
She will not endure the small, servile existence of a wife. Dolly,
bright, ambitious and stubborn, dreams of a different fate, of building
something that she truly owns.
She will do whatever it takes to be the woman she deserves to be. Even
with a husband and children, Dolly pushes the boundaries of what is
‘proper’ and what a wife and mother ought to do, as war spreads across
Europe and the rules are forever changed. But every life has its
limits. What happens when Dolly’s wanderlust finally risks taking her
too far?
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