First World War fiction

Christmas is disrupted by the death of a distant relative in the vicarage .

Flossie Elk was an astonishingly beautiful baby.

Myra Carrol has it all - beauty, kindness and a loving marriage.

Picture a gorgeous English country house, surrounded by manicured lawns and sprawling oak trees.

Born into a very traditional family, Caroline Torry's childhood is ruled by patriarchy and propriety.

Vibrant and vivacious, Sarah Onion takes it upon herself to find employment when she is orphaned at nineteen.

Young, naive and too kind for her own good, Rose falls for a young Brigadier with a colourful history.

The Wronged Daughter by Mary Wood is an emotional and moving novel that reunites old friends and heals old wounds.

Weatherley Parade is the compelling saga of the lives and loves of the Weatherley family, spanning the years 1902 to 1940.

The Poppy Girls is the first title in The Maitland Trilogy, by bestselling author Margaret Dickinson.

Set amidst the turbulence of WW1, Mary Wood's evocative historical saga The Abandoned Daughter follows Ella, a voluntary nurse tormented by soldiers' cries and the wound of a shattered trust.

The Forgotten Daughter by Mary Wood is the gripping first book in The Girls Who Went To War series.

Courage, passion, ambition and tragedy under the storm clouds of war from the top ten bestselling author.

From the bestselling author of The Poppy Factory comes this moving novel that brings together a group of women in ways they could never have imagined.

THE GUNS ARE SILENT.

An enchanting, magical novel set in a mysterious toyshop - perfect for fans of Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus, Stephanie Garber's Caraval and Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist.

'Ciar n McMenamin confirms his exceptional talent with this admirably powerful and authentic novel about the First World War and the struggle for Irish independence.

What will she sacrifice for love?

When war comes, friendship will see them through the tough timesAs the First World War rages on, Leonora has been separated from best friend Victoria as they both do their bit for the war effort by volunteering for the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry.

Can she follow her heart while doing her duty?

A soldier falls asleep on duty and is threatened with being court-martialled.

A GERMAN CLASSIC FROM A FORGOTTEN AUTHORSchlump is seventeen, a romantic, a chancer and a dreamer.

A return to the epic romance, heroism, history and warm and eccentric cast of characters that made CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN such an extraordinary hit (2.

WINNER OF THE VONDEL PRIZE 2017 LONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in The Times, Sunday Times and The Economist, and one of the 10 Best Books of 2016 in the New York TimesShortly before his death, Stefan Hertmans' grandfather Urbain Martien gave his grandson a set of notebooks containing the detailed memories of his life.

The No.

**Celebrating 100 years of Douglas Reeman.

A warm-hearted, nostalgic and uplifting saga, The Songbirds of Colliers Row by Jennifer Hart will delight fans of Nadine Dorries, Donna Douglas, Anne Baker and Mary Gibson.

The Great War is over; but the war in Ireland is only just beginning, as the IRA and the Black and Tans move on to the attack.

Before Caroline can find peace, the world must go to war.

Written to mark the centenary of the outbreak of WWI, this short story by multi-award-winning, million copy bestselling author Andrea Levy tells the tale of two Jamaican service men in that conflict.

The war brought them together.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING TITLE THE ORPHAN'S TALE OUT NOWParis, 1919The nation's leaders have gathered to rebuild the world from the ashes of The Great War.

**Dont miss Karen Dicksons brand new family sagaThe Dressmakers Secretout in paperback and eBook now** AS WAR APPROACHES, WILL HER LOVE GUIDE HIM HOME?

';A page-turning literary gem' THE TIMES,BEST BOOKS OF 2020 From the highly acclaimed author of The Photographer of the Lost, a BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick, comes a beautiful and compelling story based on true events,perfect for fans of Maggie OFarrell and Helen Dunmore.

A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK ';This excellent debut is a melancholic reminder of the rippling after-effects of war'The Times A touching novel of love and lossSunday TimesFor fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz andWhere The Crawdads Singcomes a moving story, inspired by real events, about how hope and love will prevail against all odds.

A heart-warming and nostalgic family saga from the acclaimed author of The Land Girls.

THE BRAND NEW NOVEL IN THE AWARD-WINNING OCCUPATION SERIES, FEATURING DETECTIVE EDDIE GIRALIn Paris 1940, survival means sacrifice.

«Este niño tiene el corazón en forma de cabeza de lobo, un corazón oscuro como el de los asesinos».

'They can say what they bloody well like, but we're a fuckin' fine mob.

One word of truth shall outweigh the whole world Aleksandr SolzhenitsynIn the first month of the First World War the Russian campaign against the Germans creaks into gear.

Nominated for the Folio Prize and shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historial Fiction, and the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize.

Torn between love and duty.

AS SEEN ON BBC ONE on 11 November - the commemoration of the Unknown Warrior with Huw Edwards and Anna HopeThe International prize-winning bestseller and Simon Mayo bookclub pick'Powerful and humane' SADIE JONES____________Remembrance Day 1920: A wartime secret connects three women's lives:Hettie whose wounded brother won't speak.

_______________________________________A sweeping love story told through letters, spanning two continents and two world wars.

In this mesmerizing debut, a young American discovers he may be heir to the unclaimed estate of an English World War I officer, which launches him on a quest across Europe to uncover the elusive truth.

'A tour de force of writing and intelligence' A.

In this powerful sequel to PACKARDS, much loved author Patricia Burns returns to the London department store, bringing its people and its wartime challenges expertly to life.

Summer of 1911.

When the Great War ends, Joshua Connor, a grieving farmer and sometime water diviner from the Mallee in Victoria, sets out to fulfil his wife's dying wish - to travel to Gallipoli to recover the bodies of his three sons and bury them in consecrated ground.

From The Times bestselling author of The Other Mrs Walker - Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year 2017 - comes Mary Paulson-Ellis's second stunning historical mystery, The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing.