Historical Fiction > World War I & II

In Cliffehaven, 1946, the war has ended and people are returning home. Peggy Reilly is thrilled to have her husband Jim back from Burma, but he str...

In Paris, 1940, Jacques must protect his bookshop, La Page Cachée, while his wife hides from the Nazis. When a woman and her child seek refuge in h...

During the Blitz in London, young Davey takes on the role of protector for his mother and sister when his father goes off to war. Struggling to kee...

In 1940, three women are recruited to work at Bletchley Park, the top-secret British code-breaking centre during World War II. Osla, a spirited deb...

During the Spanish Civil War, Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer, is tasked with blowing up a crucial bridge to aid a guerrilla group. As he...

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Laura, a laundress, meets her husband while both are in service in Teignmouth in 1914. They have a son, Charles, but her husband returns from the w...

In April 1941, Ann Gilby survives a bomb blast while serving in the Women’s Volunteer Service, prompting her to reassess her priorities and focus o...

The Orphanage Girls reunite in this moving wartime saga set in London’s East End. Ellen, abandoned by her father and haunted by her past, seeks hap...

This saga is set during the Second World War and follows nineteen-year-old Trixie Smith. She works in a greengrocer's and plays the piano but feels...

In Nazi-occupied Guernsey, Émile, who is profoundly deaf due to an accident, faces the harsh realities of isolation and heartbreak. As the threat o...

In London, 1912, the Oakley family leads an ordinary life until a sudden tragedy shatters their dreams. Andrew Oakley, a city clerk, and his wife A...

In Nazi-occupied Poland, scientist Roman Loszynski has developed a secret weapon codenamed Tatra that could vastly improve bombing accuracy. Hiding...

Paul Bäumer enlists in the German army during World War I, influenced by patriotic ideals. He and his classmates experience the brutal realities of...

In 1940, Flora, the gamekeeper's daughter, navigates life in a remote Scottish village transformed by the Royal Navy's Arctic convoys. She falls in...

Set in September 1943, during the Nazi occupation of Rome, this novel follows Irish priest Hugh O'Flaherty as he risks everything to save those fle...

Set in Auschwitz, a German officer, Angelus Thomsen, falls in love with the wife of his camp commandant, Paul Doll. As they embark on an affair, Do...