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American Big Business in Britain and Germany: A Comparative History of Two Special Relationships in the 20th Century

Volker R. Berghahn

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While America's relationship with Britain has often been deemed unique, especially during the two...

Make Do and Mend: A Very Peculiar History

Jacqueline Morley

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Jacqueline Morley explores the story of clothing in a time of crisis. Telling the story of clothes...

Sisters: Heroic True-life Stories from the Nurses of World War Two

Barbara Mortimer

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On 3 September 1939, the Prime Minister declared that Britain was at war with Nazi Germany....

The Poisoned Rock

Robert Daws

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In London, the British Government has declassified a large number of top secret files regarding...

Poems from the Second World War

Gaby Morgan

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Poems from the Second World War is a moving and powerful collection of poems written by soldiers,...

The Ration Book Diet

C.J. Jackson, Mike Brown and Carol Harris

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In 1939, Britain was preparing for war. As well as building aeroplanes and digging Anderson...

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Sep 8, 2017

The Night Watch

Sarah Waters | 2006 | Fiction & Poetry

8.5

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The characters feel real, like people you would pass in the street. (0 more)

The unusual plot layout of this book may be confusing at the first read. (0 more)

'Tender and tragic, set against the turbulent backdrop of wartime Britain'

This is my absolute favourite book, so I'm likely to be biased. The characters feel like real people, and their experiences and thoughts feel as palpable as your own. Let this book sweep you through love and heartbreak, enveloped by war-torn 40s London. The unusual plot layout of this book (moving backwards through time, starting at the end and finishing at the start) may be confusing at the first read, but provides dramatic irony which is integral to the book's brilliance.