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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction > Second World War fiction
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(Hardcover)
Dave Mason
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R660
Discovery Miles 6 600
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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The start of a brand NEW series from bestselling author Rosie
ClarkeCambridgeshire - March 1939 As the clouds of war begin to
gather in Europe, the Talbot family of rural Blackberry Farm will
be torn apart, just as so many families all over the world will be.
Life will never be the same again. Whilst in London, the Salmons
family will feel the pain of parting and loss. Brought together by
war, the two families become intertwined and, as the outlook looks
bleak, they must draw on each other's strength to fight through the
hard times. Lizzie Johnson and Tom were sweethearts until a mistake
caused a terrible rift. Lizzie takes herself off to London to heal
the pain in a glamorous new job but she still loves Tom. His pride
has been hurt - but deep down inside Tom still cares. Can they find
happiness before their chance is gone and the whole world is swept
into the terrible madness of war?
For readers of Schindler's List, The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas comes a heart-breaking story of the very best of humanity in the very worst of circumstances.
In 1942, Lale Sokolov arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust. Waiting in line to be tattooed, terrified and shaking, was a young girl. For Lale - a dandy, a jack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer - it was love at first sight. And he was determined not only to survive himself, but to ensure this woman, Gita, did, too.
So begins one of the most life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable and human stories of the Holocaust: the true love story of the tattooist of Auschwitz.
A new Second World War novel from bestselling author Diney
Costeloe, based on a gripping and moving true story. Plymouth,
1941. As sirens blare all around, the Shawbrook family take refuge
in a packed shelter. Bombs have already begun to fall through the
night sky when they realise their infant son, Freddie, has been
forgotten in the rush, left to sleep in his crib. Terrified, Vera,
his young mother races to find him and bring him to safety. The
next morning, air raid warden David Shawbrook returns from his
watch to find the shelter pulverised, and his family seemingly all
dead. Dirty footprints inside their home betray the looters who
have rifled through the house. Meanwhile, Maggie waits alone for
her husband. Since the death of her infant son, she passes her days
at home with neither joy nor aim. But not this morning. For this
morning her husband has brought home a child, found abandoned in
the aftermath of the terrible raid - a child she is sure is the one
she held in her arms so many months before. Praise for Diney
Costeloe: 'Truly captivating' Woman & Home 'This is a truly
captivating read that brings together vibrant characters and a
historical setting' Woman's Own 'A gripping saga' My Weekly
Victor Dalmau is a young doctor when he is caught up in the Spanish Civil War, a tragedy that leaves his life - and the fate of his country - forever changed. Together with his sister-in-law, he is forced out of his beloved Barcelona and into exile in Chile. There, they find themselves enmeshed in a rich web of characters who come together in love and tragedy over the course of four generations, destined to witness the battle between freedom and repression as it plays out across the world.
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