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December, 1942. Conor Thorn will stop at nothing to end Hitler's terror. So when a brilliant nuclear physicist is discovered holed up in Italy, the elite OSS agent reunites with his MI6 counterpart and slips behind enemy lines on a recruitment mission. Now pitted against rival forces also on the hunt, Thorn is hell-bent on preventing the key to an atomic weapon from falling into ruthless Nazi hands. With the clock ticking on the escalating war, Thorn struggles to keep clear of an ever-tightening deadly trap. Can he deliver victory to the Allies before the world goes up in flames?

París, 1942. Los alemanes están por ocupar la Ciudad Luz, pero a la glamurosa Estelle Allard no puede importarle menos. Ella vive en un mundo de opulencia, alejado de las penurias de la guerra, rodeada de lujos y arte. Sin embargo, cuando los nazis comienzan a llevarse a sus amigos, Estelle no duda en ayudarlos sin importar que esto pueda hacerle perder todas sus comodidades e, incluso, la vida. Londres, 2017. Cuando Aurelia Leclaire hereda un fantástico departamento en París, se sorprende al descubrir los secretos ocultos de su abuela.

Chock och förödande konsekvenser väntar Harry och Emma Clifton, sir Giles Barrington och Lady Virginia när ett självmordsbrev läses upp i rätten. Samtidigt finns det gott om andra saker för samtliga inblandade att oroa sig över. Lady Virginias dåliga finanser ser ut att vara bortom all räddning - ända tills en intet ont anande amerikan dyker upp.

Vem är Mira Blauman? Faktum är att hon själv har svårt att svara på det. Hon har levt hela sitt liv i Stockholm, men modern Hannas förflutna har gjort hennes bakgrund till ett mysterium. Vem fadern var har hon ingen aning om. Varje gång hon har frågat sin mor har hon fått olika svar. Men vad hade Mira egentligen förväntat sig? Upplevelserna i Auschwitz, med Doktor Mengeles fruktansvärda experiment, har satt djupa spår i Hanna och tvillingsystern Rosa. Så till den grad att Hanna blivit psykisk sjuk.

In book three of the Michal’s Destiny series, after her parents are arrested by the Nazis on Kristallnacht, 12-year-old Gilde Margolis is sent away from her home, her sister, and everyone she knows and loves. Alone and afraid, Gilde boards a train through the Kinder-transport bound for London, where she will stay with strangers. Over the next seven years as Gilde is coming of age, she learns about love, friendship, heartache, and the pain of betrayal.

1943: Der Krieg steht vor den Toren Englands. Nur mit dem Allernötigsten im Gepäck verlässt die junge Lady Veronica das edle Anwesen an der malerischen Südküste, das für sie immer mit ihrer großen Liebe verbunden sein wird. Die britische Armee braucht das Gebäude als Stützpunkt. Doch Veronica weiß, dass sie auch nach Ende des Krieges niemals zurückkehren wird. Denn das Haus birgt nicht nur glückliche Erinnerungen... 2018: Im Sommerurlaub an der englischen Küste entdeckt Melissa die Fotografie einer geheimnisvollen Frau.

Set against the rise of fascism in 1930s Europe, While England Sleeps tells the story of a love affair between Brian Botsford, an upper-class young English writer, and Edward Phelan, an idealistic employee of the London Underground and member of the Communist Party. Though far better educated than Edward, Brian is also far more callow, convinced that his homosexuality is something he will outgrow. Edward, on the other hand, possesses “an unproblematic capacity to accept” both Brian and the unorthodox nature of their love for each other.

Noor Inayat Khan, princesa india que trabaja como espía para el bando aliados en la Segunda Guerra Mundia, es apresada en París por las fuerzas nazis. En su poder hay una información que podría sacudir el tablero político internacional del momento. Sin embargo, sus enemigos están a punto de descubrir que Noor Inayat Khan es mucho más que una mujer desvalida.

On Halloween night, 1906, young working class Lotta Rae is attacked by a wealthy gentleman. She seeks justice at an Old Bailey trial alongside her barrister, William Linden, who she believes to be her ally. The verdict is devastating and Lotta Rae soon realises the guardians of justice do not support her. But what none could foresee were the shocking consequences. Twelve years later, as the suffragettes rise and the ghost of WW1 looms over London, William is joined again by Lotta Rae. Now they will travel to a fateful destination, where truths must be faced and wrongs will be righted.

Japan has just attacked Pearl Harbor. In London, Prime Minister Churchill disappears. In Washington, President Roosevelt faces an alliance with conflicting objectives. In the Soviet Union, dictator Joseph Stalin watches a Nazi onslaught maul his country. From their isolated perch on Sark Island, feudal rulers Dame Marian Littlefield and her husband oppose their German occupiers in the only way left to them—through a battle of wits. They wonder about the location and well-being of their offspring, Paul, Claire, Lance, and Jeremy.

Released from Nazi forced labor as World War II ends, 20-year-old Sam is quickly drafted and sent to the island of Java to help regain control of the colony. But the Indonesian independence movement is far ahead of the Dutch, and Sam is thrown into a guerilla war, his loyalties challenged when his squad commits atrocities reminiscent of those he suffered at the hands of the Nazis. Sam falls in love with both Sari and the beautiful island she calls home, but as he loses friends to sniper fire and jungle malady, he also loses sight of what he wants most—to be a good man.

Im Schatten des Kriegs zieht das Böse durch Berlin. Berlin im Winter 1939. Der Zweite Weltkrieg hat begonnen. Immer weiter schränkt das Nazi-Regime die Freiheit der Bevölkerung ein. Doch in der Hauptstadt wird der sich ankündigende Schrecken der Kriegsjahre von einer tiefgreifenden Angst überschattet. In den kalten Stunden der Verdunkelung, die die diktatorische Regierung zum Schutz gegen Fliegerangriffe ausspricht, zieht ein brutaler Mörder durch die Metropole. Als die Leiche einer jungen Frau gefunden wird, gerät Kriminalinspektor Horst Schenke unter erbarmungslosen Druck.

The marines have seized control of the Japanese airfield on Guadalcanal, but this isn’t the end of their troubles…it’s only the beginning. The Japanese bomb them by day, attack from the forbidding darkness of the jungles by night, and their ships, like hungry sharks, prowl just offshore after the sun goes down. Whoever controls the canal controls the war. The Japanese know this, so they concoct a plan to send men and equipment ashore using fast destroyers—ships that can come by night and leave before the Cactus Airforce or Admiral Fletcher’s carrier planes can stop them.

1943. New Orleans. Rose Marino lives with her Sicilian immigrant parents and helps in the family grocery store. Her older brother and sister both joined the army, and Rose prays for their safety as World War II rages overseas. Her parents expect Rose to marry a local boy and start a family. But she secretly dreams of being more like her fiercely independent widowed godmother. Behind her parents’ back, Rose lands a job at the shipyard, where she feels free and important for the first time in her life.

2. Teil. Im Zug von Prag nach Budweis betätigt Schwejk die Notbremse. In Tábor versäumt er den Zug, vertrinkt sein Fahrgeld und muss daher zu Fuß nach Budweis laufen. Auf diesem Fußmarsch, "Schwejks Budweiser Anabasis", gelangt er nach einigen Abenteuern nach Putim, wo er von einem Wachtmeister für einen Spion gehalten wird. Von einem schwer betrunkenen Postenführer wird Schwejk beim Rittmeister in Písek abgeliefert, der ihn zu seinem Regiment nach Budweis zurückschickt.

August 1939: Sechs junge Menschen geben sich das Versprechen, füreinander da zu sein. Während der Nazi-Zeit wird ihre Freundschaft auf eine harte Bewährungsprobe gestellt. Denn Verrat wird mit dem Tod bestraft. Jahrzehnte nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg entdeckt Robert Lubisch im Nachlass seines Vaters, einem Industriemagnaten der Nachkriegszeit, das Foto einer attraktiven Frau und einen Wehrpass, ausgestellt auf einen ihm unbekannten Mann. Was hat das alles mit seinem Vater zu tun?

Sally Harper is busy juggling running London’s Oxford Street Store Harpers and looking after her beautiful new-born daughter, whilst husband Ben is overseas on another dangerous mission; this time to rescue a friend in need. Young Becky Stockbridge finds herself in a difficult situation, which could bring shame to her and her family. Will Becky, with the help of her friends, find her happy ever after and keep her secret? Marion Jackson is blessed with a son as she eagerly awaits the return of her husband, Reggie. But all is not right when Reggie returns.

Sie kämpft für ihre Rechte, das Leben und die Freiheit. Berlin, 1914. Dr. Amelie von Liebwitz hat es geschafft: Als erste Frau arbeitet sie als Chirurgin am Berliner Curias-Krankenhaus. Aber dann passiert ihr ein tödlicher Fehler. Sie zweifelt an ihrer Berufung zur Ärztin, doch ausgerechnet der Erste Weltkrieg scheint ihr einen Ausweg aus der Misere zu bieten. Amelie wird vom Militär für die medizinische Versorgung muslimischer Frauen in Bosnien engagiert.

Setembro, 1939. Poucos dias após o Reino Unido declarar guerra à Alemanha, um enorme hidroavião está prestes a partir da costa sul da Inglaterra. A aeronave mais luxuosa do mundo tem como destino Nova York, no que deve ser o último voo civil a sair da Europa antes do conflito. A bordo dela encontram-se tanto a nata da sociedade quanto a escória da humanidade. Confinados por trinta horas em meio a todo o conforto, eles veem a travessia do Atlântico se tornar uma viagem de crescente angústia, com perigos inesperados que os conduzem a uma tempestade de violência.

From the time of William the Conqueror, the Beaumonts have enjoyed the privileges of wealth and position. Their pleasure is to be nothing more than farmers and knights of the realm. Nevertheless, with the dawn of the 20th century, a stray artillery shell slays the current baronet and Thomas Beaumont finds himself the new incumbent, but with no farming knowledge, his first instinct is to run. However, the family motto reads: Where there is a will, there is a way. Sir Thomas finds his way, and by the end of the war, the future looks brighter. Then another deadly crisis rears its head.