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With 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon, Germania is a taut historical thriller set in the ruins of Nazi Berlin.
Germania
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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With 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon, Germania is a taut historical thriller set in the ruins of Nazi Berlin. Harald Gilbers crafts a nerve-wracking hunt for a Nazi serial killer, led by a Jewish detective forced into the Gestapo’s service. Fans of Philip Kerr’s Bernie Gunther series will find rich atmosphere and relentless tension here.
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Berlin, 1944. Bombs fall from above. A killer stalks the streets below.
Jewish detective Richard Oppenheimer should be in hiding. Instead, the Gestapo drags him back into service, forced to solve a string of brutal murders. The victims? Prominent Nazis. The killer? A loyal member of the regime.
Caught between a deadly investigation and his own survival, Oppenheimer walks a razor’s edge in a collapsing city where no one can be trusted and justice is just another lie.
As the Reich crumbles and the body count rises, the line between hunter and hunted fades. Solving the case might save lives. It might also sign his death warrant.
Harald Gilbers delivers a gripping noir where history’s darkest hour meets one man’s fight for redemption and survival.
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With 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon, David Stafford’s Oblivion or Glory uncovers the pivotal year that reshaped Churchill’s future.
Oblivion or Glory
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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With 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon, David Stafford’s Oblivion or Glory uncovers the pivotal year that reshaped Churchill’s future. Political exile turned unlikely resurgence as Churchill faced Irish independence, family scandal, and the fragile post-war empire. A vivid, engaging portrait of one of history’s most misunderstood comebacks from a leading Churchill scholar.
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By 1921, Winston Churchill was a political wreck in the wake of the Dardanelles disaster, written off as reckless and spent. But history wasn’t finished with him yet.
In Oblivion or Glory, acclaimed historian David Stafford reveals how one unexpected inheritance and a whirlwind of political maneuvering revived Churchill’s career. Across tense negotiations for the Anglo-Irish Treaty and shadowy intrigue involving his scandalous cousin Clare Sheridan, an artist and suspected Soviet sympathizer, Churchill rebuilt his public standing and redefined his legacy.
This overlooked year crackles with personal drama, imperial politics, and the first threads of the leader Churchill would become.
Long before wartime speeches and bulldog determination, there was 1921: a turning point between disgrace and destiny.
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In The Avenue Goes to War, R. F. Delderfield captures the soul of wartime London with 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon.
The Avenue Goes to War
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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In The Avenue Goes to War, R. F. Delderfield captures the soul of wartime London with 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon. Neighbors on a quiet street face bombs, betrayal, and a world changing beyond recognition. Richly layered and deeply human, this sequel to The Dreaming Suburb is a poignant portrait of resilience on the home front.
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World War II doesn’t just arrive with bombs and blackouts, it wedges itself into living rooms, shatters routines, and redraws every line between neighbor, lover, and enemy.
On Manor Park Avenue, South London, war isn’t history, it’s home. Jim Carver survived the trenches once, but the Luftwaffe makes no exceptions for past trauma. His son Archie, now a respected businessman, risks scandal with an affair that could destroy everything he’s built.
Across the street, Esther Frith lives among ghosts. And Harold Godbeer? He’s losing faith in the England he once loved.
As firestorms fall from the sky and families fray at the seams, the Avenue must learn what it truly means to endure. Because survival isn’t just about who comes home, it’s about what still holds when the dust settles.
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With 4.6 stars on Amazon, Tessa Harris weaves a powerful tale set in wartime Florence that’s perfect for fans of historical suspense.
The Florence Sisters
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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An English art historian. A priceless painting. A city on the brink. The Florence Sisters is a tense World War II novel of resistance, sacrifice, and one woman’s dangerous lie to protect the ones she loves. With 4.6 stars on Amazon, Tessa Harris weaves a powerful tale set in wartime Florence that’s perfect for fans of historical suspense.
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Florence, 1940. War creeps closer, and the elegant lives of the Englishwomen living in Italy are unraveling fast. With Fascist rule closing shops and silencing dissent, Angelina Leone finds herself caught in a dangerous game of survival.
An art historian and the half-Italian niece of a resistance figure, Lina is offered a devil’s bargain: help the Nazis authenticate stolen art in exchange for her aunt’s safety. But when a haunting portrait crosses her desk, she makes a choice that could cost everything. She calls it a fake.
That lie could be her undoing.
The Florence Sisters is a gripping historical novel of courage, betrayal, and resistance in a city at war. Tessa Harris delivers a tense, beautifully written story where every brushstroke holds a secret—and every decision carries a cost.
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When a dockland thief steals from a pirate, his only way out is to vanish into the sea.
East Indiaman
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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When a dockland thief steals from a pirate, his only way out is to vanish into the sea. East Indiaman follows William’s gritty rise from London street rat to East India Company soldier. With 4.5 stars on Amazon, Griff Hosker’s bestselling historical series kicks off with danger, daring, and a relentless fight for freedom.
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In the brutal docklands of 18th-century London, survival is the only goal. For orphan William, petty theft keeps him alive—until he robs the wrong man.
When the pirate captain he stole from comes looking for blood, William has one choice: run. Stowing away on a ship bound for the far side of the world, he finds himself thrown into the ranks of the East India Company. It’s not the life he planned, but it might be the second chance he never expected.
From hunted street rat to hardened soldier, William’s journey is filled with peril, purpose, and the grit to start over.
East Indiaman is a fast-paced historical adventure perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell, C.S. Forester, and tales where survival becomes destiny.
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With 4.6 stars on Amazon, this story of espionage, identity, and courage is perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Marie Benedict.
Code Name Butterfly
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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Inspired by Josephine Baker’s real-life heroism, Code Name Butterfly is a gripping World War II novel set in occupied Paris. When Elodie Mitchell is mistaken for a star, she’s drawn into a covert resistance network. With 4.6 stars on Amazon, this story of espionage, identity, and courage is perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Marie Benedict.
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Paris is about to fall. Elodie Mitchell plans to leave.
A Black American journalist caught in the chaos of 1941 France, Elodie is ready to return home. But when she’s mistaken for the legendary Josephine Baker and pulled backstage at a cabaret show, she stumbles into a hidden world of danger and defiance.
Beneath the sequins and spotlight lies a resistance movement counting on her help. Disguised as Josephine’s cousin, Elodie takes on a mission that could change the course of the war—and her life. Gathering intelligence, dodging Nazi suspicion, and standing up to racism from both sides of the ocean, she becomes more than just a witness to history.
She becomes a part of it.
Inspired by true events, this is historical fiction that grips, moves, and lingers.
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Love refuses to fade even when memory and distance intervene.
The Oceans Between Us
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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Love refuses to fade even when memory and distance intervene. In The Oceans Between Us, a mother injured during the London Blitz awakens with no past, only the certainty that her child is missing. As her son is sent across the world to Australia, both must endure separation shaped by war, secrecy, and fragile hope. The novel traces parallel lives bound by loss, resilience, and enduring maternal devotion.
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KINDLE & BARNES & NOBLE DEALS ONLY
A MOTHER FIGHTS TO FIND HER SON. A CHILD BATTLES FOR SURVIVAL.
Inspired by the heartrending true events behind Ten Pound Poms, this riveting novel is for readers of Lisa Wingate, Martha Hall Kelly, Kathryn Hughes, and Lesley Pearse.
'A warm-hearted tale of love, loss and indefatigable human spirit' Kathryn Hughes
'Such a poignant story'
'Beautifully told, heart-wrenching tale'
A woman is found wandering injured in London after an air raid. She remembers nothing of who she is. Only that she has lost something very precious.
As the little boy waits in the orphanage, he hopes his mother will return. But then he finds himself on board a ship bound for Australia, the promise of a golden life ahead, and wonders: how will she find him in a land across the oceans?
In Perth, a lonely wife takes in the orphaned child. But then she discovers the secret of his past. Should she keep quiet? Or tell the truth and risk losing the boy who has become her life?
This magnificent, moving novel, set in London and Australia, is testament to the strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love.
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It’s 1947 and Stalin’s chaos agent is on the move.
A Cold Wind From Moscow
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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It’s 1947 and Stalin’s chaos agent is on the move. In this pulse-pounding Cold War thriller, Cambridge professor Tom Wilde hunts a mole in MI5 who holds the key to the atomic bomb. With 1 million copies sold, the Sunday Times bestselling author returns with a tightly wound tale of treachery, paranoia, and quiet heroism on the brink of nuclear disaster.
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AT THE DAWN OF THE COLD WAR, A NEW BREED OF SPY IS BORN . . .
The gripping new 2025 novel from the Sunday Times and one million copy bestselling 'master of the wartime spy thriller' (Financial Times).
Winter, 1947. Britain's secret services have been penetrated. The country is more vulnerable than ever - and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin knows it. He decides it is time to send his master of 'Special Tasks' to create extra chaos.
But Stalin has a more important motive than mere disruption. He has a man on the inside who must be protected at all costs - a communist super-spy who has the secrets of the atomic bomb at his fingertips.
Freya Bentall, a senior MI5 officer, no longer knows who to trust and is left with one option: to bring in an outsider whose loyalty is beyond question - Cambridge professor Tom Wilde. His task: to find the traitor in MI5.
Bentall has three main suspects and Wilde must get close to them all. That means delving deep into the criminal underworld, attaching himself to the cultural elite of the arts and finding a way into the extreme reaches of British politics.
As winter bites and violence erupts, Wilde faces an uphill battle to protect those he loves from merciless killers. And he knows that one slip will spell disaster for the country - and his family.
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A gripping, real-life escape story of nine women who defied the Nazis and survived.
The Nine
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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A gripping, real-life escape story of nine women who defied the Nazis and survived. The Nine by Gwen Strauss is a powerful WWII narrative of friendship and resistance, praised by the Wall Street Journal and Heather Morris. With a 4.5 out of 5 star Amazon rating, it captures the strength of women fighting for freedom against impossible odds.
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Nine women. Ten days. One impossible escape.
In the final days of World War II, a band of nine female resistance fighters broke free from a German forced labor camp and journeyed across war-torn Europe to reclaim their lives. Led by Hélène Podliasky, the author's great aunt, these women had risked everything to resist the Nazis—smuggling weapons, aiding fugitives, and defying the Gestapo.
They met behind bars, under duress, and in transit between prisons, eventually forging a bond stronger than fear. When forced onto a death march, they seized the only chance left.
Based on painstaking research, The Nine is a story of courage, sisterhood, and survival. Their legacy isn’t just what they endured—it’s how fiercely they refused to be broken.
Some histories beg to be remembered. This one demands it.
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A New York Times bestseller and Read With Jenna pick, The Whalebone Theatre (4.4 stars on Amazon) is a sweeping, poignant debut set between the English coast and…
The Whalebone Theatre
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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A New York Times bestseller and Read With Jenna pick, The Whalebone Theatre (4.4 stars on Amazon) is a sweeping, poignant debut set between the English coast and Nazi-occupied France. From a stage built in a whale’s rib cage to the shadows of war, Joanna Quinn delivers a powerful coming-of-age tale of art, bravery, and belonging.
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On the stormy coast of England in 1928, a whale washes ashore. Twelve-year-old Cristabel Seagrave, orphaned and overlooked, claims it as her own. From its bones, she builds a theatre—a stage for imagination, rebellion, and a childhood of quiet resistance.
Raised in a crumbling manor under the indifference of her stepparents, Cristabel finds escape through performance and story. But when war arrives, the stakes become real. As an adult, she joins the British secret service, stepping into a role far more dangerous than any she once played under the whale’s ribs.
Sweeping from childhood theatrics to the resistance movement in Nazi-occupied France, The Whalebone Theatre is a dazzling debut about courage, identity, and the stories we carry through the fire of history.
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From the bestselling author of Honeysuckle Season comes a moving dual-timeline novel rich with emotion and history.
The Words We Whisper
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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From the bestselling author of Honeysuckle Season comes a moving dual-timeline novel rich with emotion and history. The Emerald Tide (4.6 stars on Amazon) follows a hospice nurse who uncovers her grandmother’s secret past in 1943 Italy. Family, love, and loss collide in this unforgettable story of second chances and long-buried truths. Find out what she discovers.
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From the bestselling author of Honeysuckle Season comes a powerful story of love, loss, and the secrets we leave behind.
Zara Mitchell has spent years surrounded by death as a hospice nurse. So when her sister asks her to care for their sharp-minded but ailing grandmother, she agrees, even though their family ties are frayed.
Nonna is determined to find something long buried, and she sends Zara digging through the attic. As boxes open and memories surface, Zara reconnects with a man who complicates everything and uncovers a wooden chest that holds more than heirlooms.
Inside, a journal reveals a forgotten romance in 1943 Italy filled with courage, betrayal, and heartbreak. What Zara finds doesn't just explain the past. It forces her to rethink her future.
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The Banned Books of Berlin by bestselling author Andie Newton blends danger, resistance, and literary rebellion in a dual-timeline tale.
The Banned Books of Berlin
Historical Fiction · War Fiction
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The Banned Books of Berlin by bestselling author Andie Newton blends danger, resistance, and literary rebellion in a dual-timeline tale. When Maddie finds a hidden diary from Nazi-era Berlin, she uncovers a young woman’s fight against tyranny. With 4.5 stars on Amazon, this gripping story celebrates books, bravery, and the voices they tried to silence.
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Berlin, 1933: The flames of fascism rise, and with them, bonfires that devour forbidden books. As the Nazi regime tightens its grip, Freya—once a quiet rule-follower—finds herself at a dangerous crossroads. Watching her beloved city unravel, she must choose: stay silent or risk everything to stand against the darkness.
New York, present day: Burned out and seeking clarity, Maddie returns home—only to discover a prewar German diary hidden among her grandfather’s things. The words inside are bold, lyrical, and defiant, written by a girl named Freya.
As Maddie follows the trail across continents and decades, she uncovers the true cost of courage—and the unexpected ways the past shapes the present.
One girl defied a regime. One woman won’t let her story burn.
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