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The Midwife of Auschwitz by Anna Stuart
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAuschwitz, 1943: As I held the tiny baby in my arms, my fingers traced the black tattoo etched across her little thigh... -
![Africanus: El hijo del cónsul by Santiago Posteguillo]()
Africanus: El hijo del cónsul by Santiago Posteguillo
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAt the end of fourth century before Christ, Rome was at the brink of being annihilated by the Carthage army at the command of Hannibal, an inexorable destiny, but one man emerged, a young officer of the legions that transformed the inevitable into what fi..Title: .Africanus..Author: .Posteguillo, Santiago..Publisher: ...Publication Date: .2008/10/22..Number of Pages: .712..Binding Type:...Categorized as:
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![The Girl in the Striped Dress by Ellie Midwood]()
The Girl in the Striped Dress by Ellie Midwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGermany, 1947. A strange case scheduled for the Denazification Court lands on the desk of an American psychiatrist currently serving in Germany, Dr. Hoffman. A former Auschwitz guard, Franz Dahler, is set to appear in court, and he has requested to bring the most unexpected witness to testify in his defense - one of his former inmates and current wife, Helena... -
![Scourge of Wolves by David Gilman]()
Scourge of Wolves by David Gilman
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWinter, 1361. After two decades of conflict, Edward III has finally agreed a treaty with the captive French King, John II. In return for his freedom, John has ceeded vast tracts of territory to the English. But for five long years mercenary bands and belligerent lords have fought over the carcass of his kingdom. They will not give up their hard-won spoils to honour a defeated king's promises... -
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![Genghis: Bones of the Hills by Conn Iggulden, Richard Ferrone]()
Genghis: Bones of the Hills by Conn Iggulden, Richard Ferrone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsYes, you do recognize the author's name. Conn Iggulden is the coauthor of the bestselling Dangerous Book for Boys. He's also responsible for a magnificent trilogy of historical epics on Mongol empire maker Genghis Khan (1162-1227)...Categorized as:
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![Genghis: Lords of the Bow by Conn Iggulden]()
Genghis: Lords of the Bow by Conn Iggulden
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsGenghis unites Mongol tribes to cross the Gobi Desert and fight the Chin - gleaming cities, soaring walls, and canals. Laying siege to one fortress after another, Genghis cunningly crushes each enemy differently, overcoming moats, barriers, deceptions, and superior firepower—until his army calls the Emperor in Yenking to kneel...Categorized as:
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![Conqueror by Conn Iggulden]()
Conqueror by Conn Iggulden
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsFrom a young scholar to one of history's most powerful warriors, this novel tells the story of Kublai Khan - an extraordinary man who should be remembered alongside Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great and Napoleon Bonaparte as one of the greatest conquerors the world has ever known...Categorized as:
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![Shield of Kronos by Kathryn Le Veque]()
Shield of Kronos by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1196 A.D. – Eyes as black as night…. A decorated knight for Richard the Lionheart and an ally of the House of de Lohr, Sir Garret de Moray was a man described as cold… intimidating… foreboding. A man with eyes as black as night... -
![Always in my Heart by Ellie Dean]()
Always in my Heart by Ellie Dean
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs the Japanese begin their assault on Singapore, Sarah Fuller is forced to leave her parents and fianc�, Philip, behind. The long journey to England is fraught with danger, and Sarah and her sister Jane don't even know if their great-aunt is alive, let alone waiting for them. They arrive in Cliffehaven, on the south coast of England, and here Sarah must find work to support them both...Categorized as:
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![A Ration Book Christmas by Jean Fullerton]()
A Ration Book Christmas by Jean Fullerton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's 1940 and the German Luftwaffe have started their nightly reign of death and destruction over London's East End. The Brogan family is braced and ready to take on Hitler single-handed, if need be, but with rationing, air-raids and the threat of Nazi invasion hanging over this doughty family, their spirits are taking a bit of a battering.. -
![Return to the Island by Kate Hewitt]()
Return to the Island by Kate Hewitt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat would her life look like without her beloved island in it? Where would she go? Ellen had come back here—to the place she felt she belonged—thinking she would stay here. But was it home… or just a place to hide?1918, Canada: The First World War is over and those who have been fighting in Europe are heading for home, forever changed... -
![When We Were Innocent by Kate Hewitt]()
When We Were Innocent by Kate Hewitt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“Dad, you have to tell me the truth. Are you who they say you are? Because I know you can’t be. I know you can’t possibly have done what they’re saying…”Libby Trent has worked hard to make a good life for herself. She has a happy, messy home in Virginia, full of family and laughter... -
![The Scot's Spy by Keira Montclair]()
The Scot's Spy by Keira Montclair
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA warrior who has lost his will to fight. A spy who has lost her dignity. Together, they will save a hero.Elshander Grant is a warrior who can no longer fight. His grandsire, the great Alexander Grant, has always insisted that he and his cousins are destined to be great warriors for Scotland, but Els no longer believes it's true...Categorized as:
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![The Doctor's Daughter by Shari J. Ryan]()
The Doctor's Daughter by Shari J. Ryan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAuschwitz, 1941: It was her father’s job to save the lives of the SS. But she chose to risk everything and save the lives of prisoners.In Nazi-occupied Poland, Sofia cannot look her father in the eye. Sofia’s mother, her papa’s cherished wife, is Jewish—how dare he work as a doctor for the SS? She cannot forgive him, even if the bargain was made to spare their lives... -
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![Declan O'Duinne by Wayne Grant]()
Declan O'Duinne by Wayne Grant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith King Richard making war on the French and Prince Llywelyn consolidating power in Wales, peace prevails across England and the Welsh Marches. But bloody strife rages in the north of Ireland, drawing Declan O’Duinne back to his homeland. He’s been ten years gone, but some things never change... -
![On a Wing and a Prayer by Helen Carey]()
On a Wing and a Prayer by Helen Carey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings‘This dramatic and poignant novel depicts the resilience of ordinary people caught up in an extraordinary war.Unputdownable!’ Western Telegraph Life is hard in London in 1941, and yet Helen de Burrel finds herself volunteering to join the SOE. Nobody knows that her cool exterior conceals such courage ... and such fear. It also means that love, when it strikes unexpectedly, is doubly dangerous... -
![The Waiting Hours by Ellie Dean]()
The Waiting Hours by Ellie Dean
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSlapton Sands, Devon1943Carol Porter has had a difficult war. Less than a year ago she lost both her husband and baby, and with them her heart. Only recently has she’s found peace, working as a land girl at Coombe Farm. But Carol’s sanctuary, the whole local area in fact, is about to be disrupted.When Pauline Reilly learns of Carol’s situation she’s worried for her little sister... -
![Khan: Empire of Silver by Conn Iggulden]()
Khan: Empire of Silver by Conn Iggulden
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe Great Khan is dead—and his vast empire, forged through raw courage, tactical brilliance, and indomitable force, hangs in the balance. Now, with the sons of Genghis Khan maneuvering for supremacy, the very qualities that united the fierce Mongol tribes threaten to tear them apart.Genghis’s tough and canny heir, Ogedai, is on the verge of becoming the new Khan...Categorized as:
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![Γκιακ by Δημοσθένης Παπαμάρκος]()
Γκιακ by Δημοσθένης Παπαμάρκος
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsΟι ήρωες των διηγημάτων του Γκιακ, στρατιώτες που πολέμησαν στη Μικρασιατική Εκστρατεία, έρχονται αντιμέτωποι με τους ρόλους που τους επιβάλλουν οι παραδοσιακοί κανόνες και το βίωμα του πολέμου. Συγκρούονται, υποτάσσονται, ζουν εν κρυπτώ ή φεύγουν. Το γκιακ είναι το αίμα, ο συγγενικός δεσμός και ο νόμος του αίματος που σκιάζει τις ζωές τους...Categorized as:
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![Tom Swan and the Last Spartans: Part Two by Christian Cameron]()
Tom Swan and the Last Spartans: Part Two by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFifteenth-century Europe. Tom Swan is not a professional soldier. He's really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns. But he also has a real talent for ending up in the midst of violence when he didn't mean to...Categorized as:
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![Tom Swan and the Siege of Belgrade: Part Eight by Christian Cameron]()
Tom Swan and the Siege of Belgrade: Part Eight by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFifteenth-century Europe. Tom Swan is not a professional soldier. He's really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of Ancient Greece and Rome - temples, graves, pottery, fabulous animals, unicorn horns. But he also has a real talent for ending up in the midst of violence when he didn't mean to... -
![Taiko by Eiji Yoshikawa]()
Taiko by Eiji Yoshikawa
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"In the tempestuous closing decades of the sixteenth century, the Empire of Japan writhes in chaos as the shogunate crumbles and rival warlords battle for supremacy. Warrior monks in their armed citadels block the road to the capital; castles are destroyed, villages plundered, fields put to the touch." "Amid this devastation, three men dream of uniting the nation...Categorized as:
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![A Question of Honour by Wayne Grant]()
A Question of Honour by Wayne Grant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn this rousing conclusion to The Saga of Roland Inness, King Richard has called up Roland and the legendary Invalid Company to serve in his grinding war against King Philip of France. It's a conflict where brutal mercenaries ravage the land and take no prisoners and where a king's favour is for sale... -
![The Lifeline by Deborah Swift]()
The Lifeline by Deborah Swift
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the heart of Norway to Shetland in Scotland, one couple fight to overthrow the Nazis…1942, Nazi-occupied NorwaySchoolteacher Astrid Dahl has always kept out of trouble. But when she is told to teach the fascist Nazi curriculum, she refuses and starts a teacher’s rebellion, persuading eight thousand teachers to go on strike... -
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![Swords and Shields by Kathryn Le Veque]()
Swords and Shields by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings1301 A.D. - Following the great quest north with Cortez de Bretagne (THE QUESTING), de Bretagne's knight, Sir Drake de Winter, returns home to the great de Winter empire in Norfolk but it is not the safe and wonderful haven he remembers. Family unrest causes him to flee to London and into the service of the elderly King Edward I, a personal friend of Drake's father... -
![The Scot's Pursuit by Keira Montclair]()
The Scot's Pursuit by Keira Montclair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlick Grant has never been the kind of man to do thing by halves. When he meets Branwen Denton, he’s instantly smitten—so much so that he asks for her hand in marriage. But Branwen’s sire is a cruel man who delights in harming her, and he refuses the offer. Alick is determined to help her, and woo her...until someone kidnaps his mother...Categorized as:
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![Force of Kings by Christian Cameron]()
Force of Kings by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTwin monarchs Satyrus and Melitta have worked hard, seen much blood shed and many good friends die to secure their fertile kingdom on the Black Sea. But as the colossal conflict between Alexander the Great's former generals to inherit his empire rages from one end of the known world to the other, sitting on the sidelines is not an option...Categorized as:
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![Civil War by R.W. Peake]()
Civil War by R.W. Peake
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the second book of the critically acclaimed Marching With Caesar series, Titus Pullus and his friends in the 10th Legion are called on to serve as the agents of change as their general, Gaius Julius Caesar singlehandedly changes the Roman Republic to Empire... -
![Σαλαμίνα by Javier Negrete]()
Σαλαμίνα by Javier Negrete
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings480 π.Χ. Η αρχαία Αθήνα της δημοκρατίας και της φιλοσοφίας βρίσκεται αντιμέτωπη με μια τεράστια απειλή. Η γιγαντιαία Περσική Αυτοκρατορία είναι αποφασισμένη να καταστρέψει την πόλη-σύμβολο και να κατακτήσει ολόκληρη την Ελλάδα. Αυτή την κρίσιμη στιγμή, θα εμφανιστεί ένας άνθρωπος, ένας οραματιστής, ο μόνος που φαίνεται ικανός να πάρει την κατάσταση στα χέρια του: ο Θεμιστοκλής...Categorized as:
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![Defiant Unto Death by David Gilman, Martin Zhouf]()
Defiant Unto Death by David Gilman, Martin Zhouf
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFRANCE: 1356. Ten years ago, the greatest army in Christendom was slaughtered at Crécy when Thomas Blackstone and his fellow archers stood their ground and rained death on the steel-clad might of French chivalry. Blackstone left that squalid field a knight. Now, Blackstone commands a war band and has carved out a small fiefdom in northern France... -
![The Girl Who Survived by Ellie Midwood]()
The Girl Who Survived by Ellie Midwood
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“It was very dangerous for him, and he knew it. But his love for me was stronger than fear.” - Ilse Stein This novel is based on the inspiring and moving love story of Ilse Stein, a German Jew, and Willy Schultz, a Luftwaffe Captain in the Minsk ghetto, who risked his life to save the one he loved the most... -
![The Nine by Terry Cloutier]()
The Nine by Terry Cloutier
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNine men ride into the tiny farming village of Corwick one morning in early March. When they ride back out again, no one is left alive except for Hadrack, a helpless eight-year-old boy. The crimes committed by those nine men will ultimately bring two conflicting religions and two nations to the brink of war...Categorized as:
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![Four Fires by Bryce Courtenay]()
Four Fires by Bryce Courtenay
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn a small town like any other small town around Australia live the Maloneys. They are a fifth-generation Australian family of Irish Catholic descent who are struggling to reach the first rung of the social ladder. The Maloneys are a family you won't forget: a strong mother, a father broken by war, three boys and two girls, one of whom has an illegitimate daughter... -
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![Tom Swan and the Last Spartans: Part Three by Christian Cameron]()
Tom Swan and the Last Spartans: Part Three by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe latest instalment of the Tom Swan adventures - the fast-paced serialised novel set in the turbulent Europe of the fifteenth century... -
![The Fire Dream by Franklin Allen Leib]()
The Fire Dream by Franklin Allen Leib
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn epic military novel of soldier's combat in Vietnam This is a sweeping, gut-wrenching portrait of soldiers at war from a man who fought, and saw friends die, in Vietnam. It is a saga of men from all walks of life, thrown together by the arbitrary nature of unrelenting combat of Vietnam, each man in the team is put to the ultimate test-combat... -
![And in the Morning by Elizabeth Darrell]()
And in the Morning by Elizabeth Darrell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEngland,1939. The Second World War threatens to destroy the Sheridan family. Sir Christopher Sheridan, a dashing hero of the First World War, is back in khaki. His brilliant intelligence skills are desperately needed by the War Office. David, his son, obsessed by the legend of his father’s brother, a Royal Flying Corps ace, takes to the air to fight the Luftwaffe... -
![Stolen from Her Mother: An utterly heartbreaking World War Two page-turner set between Ireland and America by Rachel Wesson]()
Stolen from Her Mother: An utterly heartbreaking World War Two page-turner set between Ireland and America by Rachel Wesson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith a broken heart, she sinks to the ground. Tears run down her face as the truth hits her. “You can’t do this. She’s my daughter, my flesh and blood. I’ll never stop looking for her. Never. No matter what you say or do, I’ll find her.” Ireland, 1941: While war rages across the world, Kate struggles on her family farm by the wild Atlantic Ocean... -
![Bitter Tears by Marion Kummerow]()
Bitter Tears by Marion Kummerow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRichard Klausen is a fugitive. A Wehrmacht deserter, hiding out on a farm in Poland. He thought once the war was over, he’d be safe. Wrong. Things only get worse and staying in Poland threatens his very life. Katrina Zdanek longs for peace. But when it’s finally there, she soon finds out that loving the wrong man still is a crime. She’s Polish. He’s German. Antagonists even after the war... -
![War God: Return of the Plumed Serpent by Graham Hancock]()
War God: Return of the Plumed Serpent by Graham Hancock
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe conquistador Hernán Cortés is hell-bent on conquering Mexico for the Aztecs’ gold. Having destroyed the Maya at Potonchan, Cortés now marches on Tenochtitlan, the Golden City of the Aztecs, wrapped in the aura of a returning, vengeful god.His small force of just five hundred men will have to defeat the psychotic emperor Moctezuma and the armies of hundreds of thousands he commands... -
![Put Out the Fires by Maureen Lee]()
Put Out the Fires by Maureen Lee
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe second novel in bestseller Maureen Lee's outstanding Liverpool sequence about family life during the Second World WarSeptember 1940 - the cruellest year of war for Britain's civilians as the Luftwaffe mercilessly blitz their cities. In Pearl Street, near Liverpool's docks, families struggle to cope the best they can... -
![Tyrant: Destroyer Of Cities by Christian Cameron]()
Tyrant: Destroyer Of Cities by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis novel in the scintillating Tyrant series brings the epic siege of Rhodes in 306 BC to spectacular life.The death of Alexander the Great was the signal to begin the greatest war in human history - a war that swept like a firestorm from one end of the known world to the other, as his former generals fought like jackals to make his vast empire their own... -
![Trouble Brewing by Marion Kummerow]()
Trouble Brewing by Marion Kummerow
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRichard Klausen has survived eighteen grueling months at the Eastern front. Transferred to a security unit out off Lodz, Poland he soon finds out that fighting the Red Army was the easy task. When his unit is assigned to do the unthinkable, will Richard obey his orders or his conscience? Trouble Brewing is book 4 of the War Girl Series, but can be read as stand-alone... -
![Protector of Mercia by M.J. Porter]()
Protector of Mercia by M.J. Porter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA deathbed oath leaves the lives of two infants hanging in the balance. Tamworth AD833 After successfully rescuing her husband from the Island of Sheppey, Icel hears the deathbed confession of Lady Cynehild which leaves him questioning what he knows about his past, as well as his future...Categorized as:
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![The Scot's Betrayal by Keira Montclair]()
The Scot's Betrayal by Keira Montclair
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA warrior with a wounded heart. A lass in desperate need. Will destiny be on their side in Scotland’s War of Independence? Destiny sent the famous warrior Alexander Grant three grandsons on the same day, at the same time. Or so the story goes. Alasdair Grant, one of the three, struggles to believe he has any special purpose...Categorized as:
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![Spartacus: Rebellion by Ben Kane]()
Spartacus: Rebellion by Ben Kane
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe mighty slave army, led by Spartacus, has carried all before it, scattering the legions of Rome. Three praetors, two consuls and one proconsul have been defeated. Spartacus seems invincible as he marches towards the Alps and freedom.But storm clouds are massing on the horizon. Crixus the Gaul defects, taking all his men with him... -
![Kemp: The Road to Crécy by Jonathan Lunn]()
Kemp: The Road to Crécy by Jonathan Lunn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn epic Medieval adventure of the Hundred Years WarWhen Martin Kemp joins the English army in order to avoid the hangman, he may just be delaying the inevitable. While he remains hopeful that at least there's the chance for some heroics, the reality is very different... -
![The Assyrian by Nicholas Guild]()
The Assyrian by Nicholas Guild
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn ancient Assyria, Tiglath Ashur and Esarhaddon, half-brothers, best friends, and rivals for the throne, share their women, secrets, and dreams as together they seek a destiny that will change the course of the empire...Categorized as:
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![Red Branch by Morgan Llywelyn]()
Red Branch by Morgan Llywelyn
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn a land ruled by war and love and strange enchantments, Cuchulain -- torn between gentleness and violence, haunted by the croakings of a sinister raven -- fights for his honor and his homeland and discovers too late the trap that the gods have set for him in the fatal beauty of Deirdre and the brutal jealousy of King Conor...Categorized as:
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![The Bogside Boys by Eoin Dempsey]()
The Bogside Boys by Eoin Dempsey
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the Amazon Top Ten Overall Bestselling author of Finding RebeccaThe war will force him to choose between his community, his family, or the woman he loves. The city of Derry, Northern Ireland, 1972The Bogside is an area in open revolt, cordoned off from the rest of the city of Derry, patrolled by masked IRA men atop burnt out barricades...
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