Night Soldiers
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Bulgaria, 1934. A young man is murdered by the local fascists. His brother, Khristo Stoianev, is...
Atomic Love
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Rosalind Porter's biggest mistake was love . . . Chicago, 1950. Before Thomas Weaver broke her...
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Princess Olga, a Wild and Barefoot Romanov
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This is very much a human interest story, told with humour by a down to earth woman struggling to...
Alternative War
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In Alternative War, former police officer turned investigative journalist James Patrick tackles...
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Frontline: Road to Moscow
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When the Skies Rained Freedom
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Captivating, gripping and relentlessly authentic...inspired by eyewitness accounts. To this day,...
Historical Fiction World War II Germany
Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated The Bear and the Nightingale in Books
Oct 29, 2017
At the centre of the novel is the family of a local Lord, in particular the headstrong youngest daughter Vasya who is gifted with 'second sight'. The existence of the community is threatened when a dark power in the forests begins to wake up, just as the villagers start to turn away from the household spirits who've protected them, in favour of a charismatic new priest.
The Russian setting adds interest and mystique and the protagonist Vasya is fantastically outspoken and scrappy. The plot is easy to follow despite the odd Russian word. It truly is a compelling read.
If This is Man and the Truce
Primo Levi, Karl Miller and S.J. Woolf
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Primo Levi's account of life as a concentration camp prisoner falls into two parts. If This Is A Man...