
Nazi Fugitive: The True Story of a German on the Run
Eugen Dollmann and David Talbot
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An SS colonel goes underground at the end of WWII Eugen Dollmann was a scholar and member of the SS...
Inheritance of Loss: China, Japan, and the Political Economy of Redemption After Empire
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How do contemporary generations come to terms with losses inflicted by imperialism, colonialism, and...
International Noir
R. Barton Palmer and Homer B Pettey
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Following World War II, film noir became the dominant cinematic expression of Cold War angst,...

The Famous James Military Lightweight
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This book tells the story of the famous James ML military motorcycle which had originally been...

Spying on Canadians: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Security Service and the Origins of the Long Cold War
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Award winning author Gregory S. Kealey's study of Canada's security and intelligence community...

US Cold War Aircraft Carriers: Forrestal, Kitty Hawk and Enterprise Classes
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The Forrestal class (Forrestal, Saratoga, Ranger, and Independence) was the first completed class of...

In the Children's Best Interests: Unaccompanied Children in American-Occupied Germany, 1945-1952
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Among the hundreds of thousands of displaced persons in Germany at the end of World War II,...

Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Rainbow in Books
Aug 1, 2021
I am not normally a fan of historical fiction but the cover and then the blurb had me interested and I am so pleased I didn't let this pass me by. Although this is a work of fiction, it is inspired by a true story but it feels like a "real" story and I was totally and utterly absorbed and invested in the lives of all the characters.
The story starts off in the present when Isla finds a photograph of her grandad in a German uniform, this raised questions and caused confusion as the story always told was how her grandad fought against the German's in World War II. Unable to find answers from her grandad, who has dementia, she begins a quest to uncover the truth and so begins this brilliantly written story of war, adversity, strength, courage, love, loss and friendship.
I am unable to give this book the review it deserves, I can't find the right words to put across how much I enjoyed it for which I apologise but a massive thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for my copy in return for an honest, unbiased and unedited review.

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The Kaiser's Web
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In bestselling author Steve Berry's stunning novel, former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone...