A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France, Paperback

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'One of our very best writers on France.' Antony Beevor After publishing an acclaimed biography of Jean Moulin, leader of the French Resistance, Pa...

Maine-born Dr. Sumner "Jack" Jackson joined the British Army as a volunteer physician during World War I. After the Battle of the Somme, he married...

This thrilling wartime adventure tells the true story of the downed American aviators who were rescued by French resistance fighters, taken to Nazi...

Courage and betrayal in Occupied France, involving British Intelligence, the Gestapo and the French ResistanceIllustrations: Maps, 8-page greyscale...

The best of memoirs by a Special Operations Executive agent.

Available in English for the first time, this eloquent diary details the exploits of a French teenager resistance fighter in occupied France during...

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Bassel and Emejulu explore minority women's experiences of austerity measures in France and Britain. They demonstrate how they use their race, clas...

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A sensitive and compassionate story of the strong bonds of friendship and family

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Emma RothschildIllustration(s): 1 table.Number of pages: 464Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 155 x...

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Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Roland PhilippsNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 28Cover type: Paperback / ...

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'The evening the men came I fled through the garden gate...'The Netherlands, World War IIWhen the Nazis invade the Netherlands in May 1940 it's cle...

Paperback edition of Moorehead's book which tells the story of 230 French women resisters who were rounded up by the Gestapo in 1943 and sent on a ...

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The definitive history of Oradour-sur-Glane, a village ripped apart by tragedy in Nazi-occupied FrancePublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Ro...

The definitive history of Oradour-sur-Glane, a village ripped apart by tragedy in Nazi-occupied FranceIllustrations: 45 Illustrations, black and white

The Schoolteacher of Saint Michel is a heartrending and deeply moving story of love and hope in World War II from the USA Today bestselling author ...

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Of the thousands of people who escaped through the Pyrenees during World War II, at least one hundred owe their lives to a daring scheme that Belgi...

Reducere. It's a haunting image. At least it was for author John Thomas. Some seventy women sit in four rows in front of the Gibson Guitar factory in the mid...

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley LtdAuthor(s): DKNumber of pages: 18Collection: First Seasonal StoriesPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 160 x 159 x 13...

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While living in Singapore in 1996, Karen Bauer, from Iowa, became ill and felt darkness descend upon her family. When the illness worsened and many...

Publisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Stella DadzieNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 15Cover type: Paperback / softbackR...

The dazzling and brave story of Herti Bryan's experiences of supporting British prisoners of war during the Second World War.Illustrations: 40 blac...

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