Second World War fiction Books

"Kevin Fife," his teacher started. "To look at you, you wouldn't think butter would melt in your mouth. You look much younger than you are, freckles and glasses. A cheeky little boy face. But for all that, you are always getting into trouble. Always up...

Italy, 1950. The dawn of a new decade brings with it the promise of lasting peace and prosperity as the hardships of war are consigned to the past.In Pieve Santa Clara, a tiny village in rural Lombardy, Graziella Ponti, now a teenager, lives a simple...

Injured Ethelred the Unready is one of only three elite carrier pigeons trained to undertake two-way flights. Konstantin von Essen is the traumatized 14-year-old son of Generalfeldmarschall Dieter von Essen, the Commander for Operations in the North Zone...

Charlotte is born, motherless and into a life of tragedy and adventure. She is brought up by her uncaring aunt and uncle, inherits her grandmother's Parisian mansion in Avenue Foch, along with a priceless set of paintings - the Barrett Collection.In her...

1941: the second year of the Blitzkreig. While occupied Europe writes beneath the Nazi jackboot, Hitler’s U-boats dominate the Atlantic trade routes. Kapitanleutnant Konrad Bergman, commander of the UB-44, already responsible for the destruction of...

When Daljan is placed in charge of a team of skilled sailors, on a top-secret mission to fly into a foreign country yet to have been announced, somewhere over the Pacific Ocean their airplane runs into trouble and is forced to crash land on a desolate...

For Love and Glory opens in 1940 as Lange DeLony, a civilian pilot in Texas, is down on his luck-no car, no money saved, and his ex-wife has just been killed in a car accident. With his self-esteem at low tide, he learns Britain is recruiting American...

This fascinating and groundbreaking historical novel, based on documented facts, intense research, and the author's deep personal knowledge and experience, is a never-before-told account of the infamous relationship between the notorious British spy,...

Winner Lose All. Le Gagnant Perd Tout. Les espions mentent et les espions meurent dans ce thriller d'action de la guerre froide au rythme effréné !  4.4 étoiles, 478 critiques de 5 étoiles et US Amazon and Goodreads ! Les Américains, les...

This beautifully illustrated rendition of Malka Adler's acclaimed The Brothers of Auschwitz is a child-friendly retelling of one of history's most important stories, specially adapted for young readers. Itzhak is a young teen in Hungary when the Nazis...

After ghostwriter Trevor Moore rents an old farmhouse in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, he moves in to find his muse.But instead of creative inspiration, he discovers a rucksack filled with cash. Who does it belong to, and what should he do with...

London, World War Two. When Sandra Cooper is offered the chance to move away with her children, it seems like a good opportunity to escape the 1940 blitz.Her husband Harry is away in the army, and over the next five years she experiences the very worst...

Will Bone Guard Grant Casey recover the most famous skeleton ever lost—or will he join the bones in their eternal rest?When there's a break-in at the tribal center on the reservation where he grew up, Grant flies home to Arizona only to find...

Can you ever let go of the past? Two women unhappy with their lives seize a chance to start over during a WWII bombing raid, in this dramatic and suspenseful novel. London, 1944: As bombs start raining from the sky, two women rush out of a...

This is an omnibus edition, containing one novella and two novels, all of which have already been published. The novella is Billy: The Early Years, which is a prequel to the second book included in this edition, Billy's War, to which the the third title...

A researcher seizes an opportunity to find out what happened to her grandfather during WWII—and discovers a present-day threat as she retraces his steps . . .  Munich, 1938: Two men successfully infiltrate the notorious...

A poignant and unputdownable story of a woman who must finally acknowledge the secret she has hidden for a lifetime. But will it cost her all she holds dear?England, 1944: With deadly doodlebugs terrorising London, Bessie Rushbrook agrees to...

Drawing from an incredible true story, Keith Hoar weaves a profound and gripping tale of espionage, treason, and betrayal, reaching to the highest levels of the military, academia, and government.Set in the late summer of 1945, just days after the brutal...

It did not end with Guadalcanal. It did not end with one island. There were more islands... an island with snow-capped peaks, friendly people, blue seas, where Bud found love with his Tongan princess. Where Billy breathed the clean air of mountains where...

The battle of Britain rages and two young RAF pilots from very different stations in life must somehow find common ground - and stay alive.On the eve of World War II, working-class Eddy Beane is a flight instructor in London. He successfully completes...

In the space of a single night, four lives collide as Berlin staggers under the weight of British bombsMick, a Lancaster pilot, proposed to Grace on his last leave but one more mission stands in between him and the end of his tour. Grace harbors a...

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...

REVISED EDITIONWinner of several literary awards!-- Elite Choice Gold Winner-- Book Excellence Awards Winner-- Kops-Fetherling International Book Awards Gold-- Beverly Hills Book Awards Winner-- National Indie Excellence Awards.Alerted by a letter from...

Das Buch von den Wienern V3: Historischer Roman (1846) von Eduard Breier ist ein Werk, das sich mit der Geschichte der Stadt Wien auseinandersetzt. Der Autor beschreibt das Leben der Wiener Bev������lkerung im 19. Jahrhundert und erz�����hlt von ihren...

De Odyssea Van Homerus (1824) is een vertaling van het bekende epos van de Griekse dichter Homerus. Het verhaal volgt de avonturen van de held Odysseus, die na de Trojaanse Oorlog probeert terug te keren naar zijn thuisland Ithaka. Onderweg wordt hij...

The Man In The Ranks is a book written by John Gallishaw and published in 1917. It is a war novel that depicts the experiences of soldiers during World War I. The story follows the main character, Private John Wilson, as he enlists in the army and is...

Hij leunde een beetje achter in de loopgraaf en keek naar de dikke rook die van de stad Duinkerken dreef.Het was duidelijk dat daar genadeloos werd gevochten en dat de mannen in de stad het behoorlijk zwaar moesten hebben.Met grote blauwe ogen naar de...

Les Russes avançaient sur tous les fronts...Des millions de soldats allemands ne comprenaient pas que ces soldats russes en haillons et sales, qui avaient poussé les environs de Moscou, de l'autre côté de la Volga et des...

The story of Isaiah's Farm is told in a series of letters from someone writing under a nom de plume to a newly discovered friend.  In these letters, the writer reveals how Isaiah Wilson inherited a farm with a most agreeable neighbor,...

Professor Brendan Keane and Joanna "Jo" Lawrence have returned once more to Devon after several weeks abroad.  Though yet another winter had pulled away from the English shores, mystery and suspense do not follow their...

L'artiglieria pesante aveva iniziato a sparare alla periferia di Leningrado, a soli dieci chilometri dalla linea del fronte. L'immensa città, assediata per diversi mesi dalle ferree divisioni della "Wehrmacht" subì il continuo...

Since graduating from Hamilton, Maxine Hauser exists to pack up the past lives of some of New York's Jewish elite. It's business as usual until she is hired to box up the former home of Francis Tobiah. While packing away his earthly possessions, Maxine...

Die ochtend maakten de kranten in Sofia officieel bekend dat Bulgarije het tripartiete pact had ondertekend. Koning Boris steunde, net als Hongarije en Roemenië, de troepen van de Anchluss, het fascistische rijk en het Japanse rijk.De pers sprak ook...

L'artillerie lourde avait commencé à tirer sur la périphérie de Léningrad, à dix kilomètres à peine de la ligne de front. L'immense ville, assiégée depuis plusieurs mois par les...

It is 1943, and the Nazis control large parts of Italy. Colonel Anselm Bernhardt devotes his attention to stealing Italian art - and having his way with Italian women - but there is one great treasure that he covets even more.In present day, his grandson...

Humphrey Neyland is a middle-aged Canadian engineer recruited by British Intelligence to go undercover in the industrial city of Gretley, where aircraft essential to the war effort are being produced and where it is feared Nazi agents and saboteurs are...

A novel of love, loneliness and loyalty. Readers are staying up all night to read this story of a British woman and the stately home which is her fortress and her prison.Considered a troublesome burden, Evelyn Talbot is banished by her family to their...

A World War II nurse finds herself in a hospital bed with no memory of how she got there in this dramatic historical novel by the author of The Train.1947. Ella Elkington wakes up in hospital with minor physical injuries but no memory. She cannot even...

The story of a mother and her oddball son over a century of change1924: Bessie is torn from the school she loves to work as a skivvy for her family.1939: With war about to break out, she marries the steadfast, ambitious Hugh, moves from Manchester to...

Not all of war's destruction takes place on the battlefield.Violet's heart flutters from the scarlet fever she survived as a child, and it beats faster at the sight of John Smith, the man she plans to marry. America is entrenched in WWII, and...

Tucked into the rugged Canadian wilderness of Muskoka's majestic lake country, Merilee Sutcliffe's peaceful town seems worlds away from the escalating conflict in Europe. But life is about to change dramatically in the Summer of 1940. As her patriotic...

Simon Fraser, 25th chief of one of Scotland’s most prominent clans, became a great British commando leader in World War II.Felix Haynes’ third historical fiction novel imagines an earlier, 1930s rise to greatness for the man Winston Churchill...

Jack Miller stumbles through the Civil War, winding up a telegrapher and cryptographer for the army. In the field with General Sherman in Georgia, he is captured along with his precious cipher key.His captor, Hamilton Buckley, thinks he should have been...

1941. Hitler’s Blitzkrieg ravages Europe while a neutral America sits on the sidelines. In the shadows of Washington and Berlin, a malevolent Senator and ruthless business tycoon join forces with a cabal of fanatical German patriots...