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Expecting to be inducted into the army during World War II, Joseph has given up his job and carefully prepared for his departure to the battlefront. When a series of mix-ups delays his induction, he finds himself facing a year of idleness. Written in diary format, Bellow’s first novel documents Joseph’s psychological reaction to his inactivity while war rages around him and his uneasy insights into the nature of freedom and choice.

The third instalment in Bernard Cornwell’s King Alfred series, following on from the outstanding previous novels The Last Kingdom and The Pale Horseman, both of which were top ten bestsellers. The year is 878 and Wessex is free from the Vikings.Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian...

Erleben Sie das packende Finale der Alternativwelt-Reihe „Imperium Germanicum"! Nachdem Murmansk gefallen ist, richtet sich das Hauptaugenmerk auf die Offensive zur Wolga. Der Kaiser spekuliert darauf, dass Stalin friedensbereit sein wird, wenn auch dieser Nachschubweg fällt. Doch auch der südliche Kriegsschauplatz darf nicht vernachlässigt werden.

Gods and mortals clash in the second gripping book in the Olympus Series—a sweeping retelling of Greek myth for fans of epic historical fantasy. When Prince Odysseus is sent to restore his family's honour, he's drawn to Delos, where a new and mysterious prophecy commands the attention of the gods. Caught in a deadly game of prophecy and power, Odysseus and his companions—daemon Bria, the hero Diomedes, and a loyal Ithacan band—must unravel secrets that tie his fate to Athena herself.

When MI6 assassin Charlie Cooper is ordered to take a leave of absence, he uses the time to settle a personal score. A former ally sold him out to the Chinese in Singapore. In London, he tracks her routine, finds her weakness, and sets the trap. But the explosion that should have killed her...

Poor, mad, puzzled Farmer George is in his final decline and an Age is dying with him. He is to be succeeded by his perverse, erratic, deluded elder son, who believes still in the Divine Right of Kings, not appreciating that any respectable god would turn his face away from him. The country is...

An unforgettable wartime novel about loyalty, honour and the unbearable cost of choosing a side, perfect for readers of The Rose Code, All the Light We Cannot See, and The Nightingale Munich, 1938. Europe is on the brink of war when Julia 'Missie' Ormesby, a young Englishwoman, meets Conrad von...

In this international thrill ride from the author of The Elias Network, an investigative journalist’s abduction unravels an intricate conspiracy of corruption—both deadly and deeply personal. After a brutal mission in France, former assassin Caspian Anderson recovers in the arms of German...

Originally published in 1941, James Hilton’s groundbreaking classic—the first-ever New York Times bestseller to address PTSD—follows the unraveling of a World War I veteran as buried memories threaten his comfortable post-war life. From the bestselling author of Lost Horizon and Goodbye...

'The first great novel of the war in Afghanistan' Wall Street Journal You’ve had no sleep since the firefight last night. The morning fog beyond the walls of your base lifts to reveal a lone woman approaching the gate. She says she has come to claim the body of her brother killed in last...

In a snow-covered village in Chechnya, eight-year-old Havaa watches from the woods as her father is abducted in the middle of the night by Russian soldiers. Their life-long friend and neighbour, Akhmed, has also been watching, and when he finds Havaa he knows of only one person who might be able...

En la guerra y en la paz, una mujer sin armas lucha por sus hijas. Como en la vieja agricultura itinerante roza, tumba y quema para que esas niñas tengan un lugar al cual poder regresar.Ahora, esa mujer debe conseguir dinero para emprender un largo viaje que le brindará la oportunidad de...

Ambrose Young was beautiful. He was tall and muscular, with hair that touched his shoulders and eyes that burned right through you. The kind of beautiful that graced the covers of romance novels, and Fern Taylor would know. She'd been reading them since she was 13. But maybe because he was so beautiful he was never someone Fern thought she could have...until he wasn't beautiful anymore.

Twenty-nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln has spent his entire adult life running from his past - from the poverty of the dirt-floor log cabin where he was raised, from the dominion of his uneducated father, and from a failed early courtship. But now, Lincoln's past is racing back to haunt him. It is the summer of 1838, and Springfield is embroiled in a tumultuous, violent political season. All of Springfield's elite have gathered at a grand party to celebrate the Fourth of July. Spirits are high - until a prominent local politician is assassinated in the midst of fireworks.

John Blackthorne, in dienst van koningin Elizabeth I, lijdt na maanden zwerven schipbreuk voor de kust van Japan. Als gevangene van de machtige Toranaga wordt Blackthorne een pion en een onbewuste troef in een bloederige strijd om de macht. Door zijn relatie met de raadselachtige vertaalster Mariko past Blackthorne zich langzaam aan de vreemde Japanse cultuur aan.

تدور أحداث الرواية حول جون، جندي بريطاني في الحرب العالمية الثانية، الذي يجد نفسه مضطراً لقتل أحد الجنود الألمان بناءً على أمر من قائده. تبدأ الرواية بتساؤل جون عن مبادئه الإنسانية بعد أن أزهق روحاً بريئة دون وجه حق، ويستعرض الكاتب صراعه الداخلي وتأثير هذا الفعل على حياته. تتوالى الأحداث لتكشف عن عواقب هذا الفعل على جون وعلاقاته الشخصية.

Nach der Schlacht von Stalingrad zerschlägt die Rote Armee mit einem Großangriff die italienischen Reihen, was zu Chaos und Panik führt. In den fluchtartigen Rückzug der Verbündeten gerät eine deutsche Infanterie-Division. Sie wird aufgespalten, zerrieben, bis auf klägliche Reste zermalmt. Nur in einem kleinen Steppendorf hält sich noch ein verbissener Widerstand.

From the author of BETWEEN THE STOPS and TOKSVIG'S ALMANAC 'Teasing out untold stories of the battlefield . . . follows the footsteps of the likes of Sarah Waters and Pat Barker' Independent London, 1897. A young girl, Valentine Grey, arrives in England. She's been brought up in the remote and...

The fourth novel in a brilliant Napoleonic series from acclaimed historian Adrian Goldsworthy. The year is 1809, and the recruiting sergeants are hard at work, as the British army gathers strength for the next phase of the campaign against Bonaparte on the Spanish Peninsula. Captain Billy...

A BRAND NEW heartwarming wartime saga of friendship, secrets and resistance from the BESTSELLING author of The Clarks Factory Girls at War! Perfect for fans of Annie Murray, Margaret Dickinson and Katie Flynn!‘A fantastic historical fiction read, full of heartbreak and hope.’ — Goodreads...