World War II

Malta, 1943. The war in the air above Malta is over, but the battle for Europe is about to begin.Margarita, a young singer in a Valletta nightclub, has seen her former lover Henry Dunn only once since breaking off their affair. His wife Vera, an...

Can sisterhood pull them through the darkest days?Imogen Caldwell and her sisters, Daisy and Elsie, are fighting to save their childhood home and stay in Bristol. After times became hard their father sold the family business - now all they have left is...

'An unmissable reading treat' Lancashire Evening PostA heartwrenching and evocative wartime novel, perfect for fans of Santa Montefiore, Rachel Hore and Lucinda Riley.Two mothers. Two daughters. Two families torn apart forever.Paris, 1939. Elise and...

The second novel in the uplifting railway girls series. Perfect for fans of Nancy Revell and Margaret Dickinson.--------------------------------- Manchester, November 1940As the war continues and secrets threaten the railway girls, they will discover...

In Annie Murray's bestselling Chocolate Girls, three very different women work together at Cadbury's Bournville factory, where their lives become entwined by war and work - and a child called David.Edie marries young to escape her unhappy family home...

An 'utterly gripping' tale of love and espionage in Occupied France by the Man Booker Prize shortlisted author of The Glass Room (Daily Mail)Marian Sutro is an outsider: the daughter of a diplomat, brought up on the shores of Lake Geneva and in England,...

As the war rages on around her, one girl in blue's life is about to change forever... Even in wartime, East End girl Nancy Evans has reason to hope. She's a rising star in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and she'll be walking down the aisle any day now...

London, 1944. With bombs raining over London, keeping the Battersea Tavern open is no easy feat for owner Winnie Berry - but the community need the warmth and familiarity of the pub more than ever.After marriage, Maureen Fanning had moved out to...

September 1919: Twenty-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a clutch of letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian's brother Will during the Great War. They trained together. They fought together.But in...

Book Three in the gorgeous Girls in Blue series by bestselling author Fenella J. Miller London, 1942: Charlotte Fenimore is back home on a week's leave from the Women's Auxiliary Airforce. She had planned for a week of rest and recuperation. She...

Book Three in the gorgeous Girls in Blue series by bestselling author Fenella J. Miller London, 1942: Charlotte Fenimore is back home on a week's leave from the Women's Auxiliary Airforce. She had planned for a week of rest and recuperation. She...

The next heartwarming instalment of the Timber Girls Series. Perfect for fans of Elaine Everest and Pam Howes.Trixie and her fellow lumberjills are back in Scotland, newly stationed at the MacKay estate. When they arrive, they are shocked to find the...

Can true love conquer all?Sisters Bette Tredinnick and Sara Marrack live quiet lives, content with the comings and goings of their small Cornish hometown. But when hundreds of US Marines arrive, everything changes.Bette, footloose and fancy free, embarks...

The PRIZE-WINNING BESTSELLER, now a major BBC1 DRAMA SERIES starring Thomasin McKenzie, Sian Clifford and James McArdle, directed by BAFTA award-winning John Crowley.'Dazzling, witty, moving, joyful, mournful, profound... one of the best novels I've read...

'Probably the best thing ever written about the wartime air campaign against Germany' Max Hastings'Magnificent ... rich with historical detail' The Times31 June, 1943. An RAF crew prepare for their next bombing raid on Germany. It is a night that many...

'Probably the best thing ever written about the wartime air campaign against Germany' Max Hastings'Magnificent ... rich with historical detail' The Times31 June, 1943. An RAF crew prepare for their next bombing raid on Germany. It is a night that many...

Soon to be a major television event from Pascal Pictures, starring Tom Holland. Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, the USA Today and #1 Amazon Charts bestseller Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man's incredible...

When there's so much to be afraid of, can May help bring festive cheer to the Ops Room?After failing to help evacuee siblings whom she witnesses being separated, May wishes she'd had the confidence to speak up. When Jess suggests a pantomime to boost...

Readers of Robert Harris, Bernard Cornwell and Ken Follett will love this all-action, blood-pumping wartime thriller from bestselling author and historian James Holland. Full of wholly convincing battles scenes and expert characterisation, as well as a...

Can the bonds of motherhood give them the strength they'll need to get through the war? St Ives, Spring 1943. After having given up her baby at...

Can the bonds of motherhood give them the strength they'll need to get through the war? St Ives, Spring 1943. After having given up her baby at...

From the bestselling author of THE SECRET OF NIGHTINGALE WOOD comes an exciting WW2 mystery entwined with magic and myth, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. 'A beautiful story.' KIRAN MILLWOOD...

Readers will be captivated by this story of love, sacrifice, and destiny, where the past and present collide to rewrite the future. "The Lost Memories gathered me up and swept me away. A beautiful, uplifting tale of life's many...

"I have read few autobiographies more extraordinary . . . Astonishing" OBSERVER"A classic. I preferred it to Primo Levi's If This is a Man" EDWARD WILSON"A child's clear-eyed journey to hell" ANNE SEBBAThis is a story of a young boy's journey from a...

A brilliantly evocative, atmospheric novel about the delusion and indecision of a wealthy family in the last days of the Third Reich as the Russians advance from the east In January 1945, the German army is retreating from the Russian advance. Germans...

Auschwitz, 1942. Stumbling through the terrifying wrought iron gates of Auschwitz, Jewish author Etty Weil longs for her apartment overlooking the Seine, where she used to laugh with friends, her shelves full of records and her beloved typewriter by the...

Auschwitz, 1942. Stumbling through the terrifying wrought iron gates of Auschwitz, Jewish author Etty Weil longs for her apartment overlooking the Seine, where she used to laugh with friends, her shelves full of records and her beloved typewriter by the...

A decades-old disappearance, and a quest to find the truth . . . Big Lies in a Small Town, by the bestselling author Diane Chamberlain, is an emotional novel about two women connected by a painting that holds many dark secrets.'Fans of Jodi Picoult's...

From the INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING author of The Paris Seamstress comes a story of courage, family and forgiveness from New York to war-torn Europe.Perfect for fans of Kate Furnivall, Lucinda Riley, Kate Morton and Gill Paul'Divine' GILL PAUL,...

A young woman is caught up in a dangerous double life on behalf of her country during World War Two in Spy, by the world's favourite storyteller Danielle Steel.Alexandra Wickham is a stunning beauty who seems destined for a privileged life. But fate, a...

The three sisters of Victory Walk in East London will face heartache and tears on the home front. A brand new series from the bestselling author of The District Nurses of Victory Walk Rose,...

A wartime legacy. A lost love. A friendship to last a lifetime . . .'An extraordinary book' Marie ClaireA decades old secret . . .When Kat Jourdan discovers a priceless collection of Dior gowns hidden in her grandmother's remote cottage, she delves into...

Helga's childhood as the eldest of five children in Germany's First Family has been a gilded one, accompanying her parents to parties and rallies, moving between the city and their idyllic country estate. But the war has changed everything. And now, as...

INTRODUCED BY LISSA EVANS'I envy anyone yet to discover the joy of Monica Dickens. She's beady eyed, big hearted and blissfully funny' NINA STIBBE ' Humorous, moving and fascinating' CLARE MACKINTOSH Considering herself unsuitable for any other...

This is an utterly charming story about twelve families and their tightly knit street in 1950s Maryhill. Following the end of the war, the close rebuilds its ties and the strong sense of community and friendly neighbourhood bonds are soon back in place...

*** A BBC2 BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK ****** BBC RADIO 4 BOOK AT BEDTIME ***'A fascinating, beautiful, heartwarming novel. It kept me gripped from the very first chapter' -- BETH O'LEARYIn Second World War Bath, young, naive wireless engineer Will...

Set during Mussolini's 1935 invasion of Ethiopia, The Shadow King takes us back to the first real conflict of World War II, casting light on the women soldiers who were left out of the historical record. At its heart is orphaned maid Hirut, who finds...

The heartwarming and moving new Wartime Midwives story of three brave women's fight to protect their shelter for mothers and their children . . . Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn, Nancy Revell and Call the Midwife________Lake District, 1942. The women at...

The New York Times bestseller - for everyone moved by All the Light We Cannot See.A searing page-turner of hope, family secrets and a love to defy all odds from bestselling Kelly Rimmer, inspired by the author's family history, perfect for readers of The...

Far from home, will she fight for freedom?21-year-old Alix is studying in Paris, far away from Sasha, her Serbian father and Leonora, her English mother, as World War Two breaks out. Finding hope even in troubled times, romance sparks with fellow student...