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Jack Barlow has a dream. For generations his family have been in service at Trenwith Estate. If he can survive the ravages of war, he’ll return home to build his own mechanic business and become master of his own destiny. Louise Saint-Claire is battling against the odds to run her family farmhouse in German occupied France after her abusive husband is taken prisoner by the Germans. She is determined to survive this brutal and bloody war. But fate throws Jack and Louise together when she finds the wounded British soldier and she decides to risk everything to keep him safe

Tauben im Gras ist der erste Roman aus Wolfgang Koeppens Trilogie des Scheiterns. Er erschien 1951 und schildert die Personen und Ereignisse eines einzigen Tages im München des Jahres 1949. Die über dreißig Figuren verzweifeln an ihrer Umgebung, doch vor allem auch an sich und ihren Erwartungen. Kaum ein Autor wirft einen so genauen und sezierenden Blick auf die unmittelbare Nachkriegszeit. Der Roman, ungekürzt gelesen von Achim Höppner, zeichnet kaleidoskopartig die gesellschaftlichen, moralischen, politischen und rassistischen Verhältnisse im Nachkriegsdeutschland nach.

Эта книга — основанный на реальных событиях времен Второй мировой войны во Франции рассказ о двадцатитрехлетней девушке Еве, которая, используя свой талант художника для изготовления поддельных документов, помогает сотням еврейских детей бежать от нацистов в нейтральную Швейцарию. Дети получают новые, вымышленные имена и не смогут долго помнить свои настоящие. Ева и ее возлюбленный Реми решают сохранить их настоящие имена и зашифровывают их в старинной книге, которой дают название Kнига утраченных имен.

Studente di umili origini ingenuo e inesperto, ma dalla mente brillante, John Kemp arriva a Oxford dal Lancashire nell'autunno del 1940, mentre sull'Inghilterra cadono le bombe tedesche. Nel college si trova a dividere la stanza con Christopher Warner, rampollo di un'agiata famiglia. Per rendersi interessante agli occhi del compagno, dal cui stile di vita dissoluto è respinto e affascinato al tempo stesso, Kemp si inventa una sorella immaginaria, Jill. Le cose si complicano quando si innamora di una ragazza vera, appartenente all'alta società, che porta lo stesso nome.

8 settembre 1943: uno dei momenti più difficili della nostra storia. Il momento in cui una generazione si trovò davanti a un bivio che l'avrebbe segnata in maniera indelebile. La vicenda di Johnny, futuro partigiano del capolavoro di Fenoglio, riassume tutta la confusione di quell'attimo incredibilmente lungo; tutto il peso delle scelte prese quando infuria la battaglia. Primavera di bellezza (1959) è il terzo e ultimo libro pubblicato in vita da Beppe Fenoglio.

Україна в огні Олександра Довженка — психологічна повість, присвячена темі Другої світової війни. Автор з надзвичайним драматизмом зображує воєнні жахіття, протиставляючи цій руйнації любов. Твір є обов'язковою частиною шкільної програми.Олександр Довженко — український письменник і кінорежисер, автор кіноповістей "Україна в огні", "Зачарована Десна", "Поема про море", "Антарктида", фільмів "Звенигора", "Земля" тощо. українська література, класична література, психологічна повість.

From New York Harbor to the battlefields of France, relive World War One through the eyes of an unknown soldier, as told through his diary. See how the 100-year-old diary brings a father and his estranged son back together by retracing his experiences fighting in the battlefields of France in 1917 -1918 to his final resting place—the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.

No More Parades is the second of four in Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End tetralogy, a work that Ford hoped would contribute to the obviating of all future wars. The novel follows Christopher Tietjens, a wealthy British landowner and the last British Tory; his unfaithful wife, Sylvia; and his mistress, Valentine Wannop. Highlighting the tension between traditional values and the new reality of a world marred by war, the novel details Tietjens' turmoils in both his personal life and on the warfront—and what follows when those struggles become one and the same.

It's 1937. Fear and suspicion stalk the Continent. A million have died in Stalin's Great Purge and the Nazi terror grips Germany. But British intelligence is still trying to work out who the enemy is. As Europe heads towards war, treason is in the air. British spymasters know there is one Soviet agent in their ranks, codenamed Agent ‘Archie', and there's a frantic search to find them. What they don't know is that he is not the only traitor.

Norway, 1940. Liv has lived a quiet life on her family farm, dreaming of a happy life after the war is finally over. But all of her dreams vanish when the Nazi soldiers arrive in her village and a senior officer see something special in her... something that Hitler and the high command in Berlin is desperate to have at any cost. England, 1968. Agnes, although made orphan from the war, has grown up happy in the quiet wealth of the English countryside, raised by her adoring grandfather to be a perfect lady.

Die Fortsetzung der Familiensaga um eine große Liebe zur Zeit des Ersten Weltkriegs von Kindle-#1-Bestsellerautorin Margit Steinborn. Du hast mich gefunden, doch schon beginnt der Sommer, lange Schatten zu werfen... Berlin, 1914. Isa und Henning träumen von einer gemeinsamen Zukunft, doch die Wirklichkeit schiebt sich unbarmherzig zwischen sie. Die gesellschaftlichen Schranken der Kaiserzeit prägen das Leben in der Hauptstadt und der Krieg fordert erste Opfer. Aus Pflichtgefühl verlobt die Arbeitertochter Isa sich mit ihrem Freund Viktor.

When German forces invade the Channel Islands and the citizens of Jersey are cut off from the rest of the UK, the islands’ residents bond together to resist the enemy. East London native Helen Bowman was never meant to be here, but when she found herself alone and pregnant her beloved aunt’s home in Jersey was the only place she could go. But now, as the enemy start rounding up anyone not born on the island to be sent to a camp on the continent, Helen is forced to rely on the kindness of strangers, like her new friend Peggy Hamel, to keep herself and her son hidden.

It’s 1945. The Nazi occupation of Italy is in its closing days. But risk is ever present. It’s been nearly two years since Sarah Zinsi found tenuous sanctuary in Switzerland. Unmoored in a foreign land, she heeds a rumor that her village on the Lake Como shore has been liberated. Clutching her young daughter, Sarah navigates the arduous mountain trek back home to be with Luca Benedetto, the father of her child.

The False Faces: Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf, by Louis Joseph Vance, was first published in 1918, and is the second of what eventually became an 8-book series. The main character, known as The Lone Wolf, is a reformed jewel thief who in this story, is a British spy, who uses several names including Michael Lanyard.

Arrêté en octobre 1943 comme résistant, Sylvain Vergara, âgé de 18 ans, est emprisonné à Fresne, torturé puis déporté Nacht und Nebel en février 1944. Il est l’un des plus jeunes internés non-juifs de Buchenwald dont il devait être libéré le 11 avril 1945. Marqué à vie par cette épreuve, il n’a rien écrit d’autre que ce témoignage, rédigé au tout début des années 1960 alors qu’il désespérait de faire entendre sa voix.

Berlin, 1945. In der Mission am Schlesischen Bahnhof suchen Flüchtlinge, Traumatisierte, Überlebende Zuflucht. Sie werden von Alice in Empfang genommen, der selbst der Krieg mit seinem Elend nichts von ihrem Idealismus hat nehmen können. Und auch Natalie taucht aus dem Exil wieder auf, zusammen mit ihrer Tochter. Als ein Arzt zu den Helfenden stößt, sind sie zunächst dankbar für sein Engagement. Doch nach und nach wird immer deutlicher, dass den angeblich so Selbstlosen ein dunkles Geheimnis umgibt.