First World War fiction

The million copy internationally bestselling novel of one family and the devastating effects of the First World War.

When war broke out in 1914, Somerset Maugham was dispatched by the British Secret Service to Switzerland under the guise of completing a play.

From the number one bestselling author of Who Dares Wins.

Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn, Kristin Hannah and Fiona Valpy, this is an emotional and uplifting romantic saga set in WW1 from multi-million copy seller Mary Jane Staples.

For three very different people brought together by their love for birds, life on the Queensland coast in 1914 is the timeless and idyllic world of sandpipers, ibises and kingfishers.

** NOW A HIT NETFLIX FILM, WINNER OF 7 BAFTAS AND 4 OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE**Discover the most famous anti-war novel ever written.

Oskar Voxlauer is in flight from his past - from his bourgeois Austrian upbringing; from horrific memories of fighting on the Italian Front in 1917; and from the twenty years he has spent in the Ukraine watching his Bolshevik ideals crumble and the physical decline of the woman who taught him about love.

'A vivid and engrossing historical novel' Daily TelegraphSpanning three years in the life of the writer Katherine Mansfield during the First World War, Mansfield follows the ups and downs of her relationship with Jack Middleton Murry and her struggle to write the 'new kind of fiction' which she felt the times demanded.

Shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year 2015, Ben Fergusson's critically acclaimed debut, The Spring of Kasper Meier, was the winner of the Betty Trask Prize 2015 and the HWA 2015 Debut Crown Award.

'The first in an effervescent new mystery series.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD & A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICKHe had always been scared of flying.

Let much-loved multi-million copy bestseller Rosie Harris take you back in time with this beautifully moving family saga of love, life and trauma.

Spring 1916, and three great armies - French, British and, on the other side of the wire, German - are locked in a stalemate of mud and blood on Europe's Western Front.

**Celebrating 100 years of Douglas Reeman.

A HEARTWARMING AND UPLIFTING TALE FOR FANS OF CATHERINE COOKSON AND LESLEY PEARSE On the dark, rough streets of London in 1913, can one girl find the courage to open the door to her destiny?

**The second compelling book in the much loved Red Cliffs Ragged School Series**For orphan Solomon, Red Cliffs offers a place of safety.

A little girl is found abandoned on a beach one chilly Monday in October, alone apart from the body of her mother, cold beside her.

The second in Stewart Binns' acclaimed Great War Series, The Darkness and the Thunder is a sweeping story of war following five families through the terrifying conditions of the Western Front, the slaughter of Gallipoli and the heartbreak of those left at home.

The Shadow of War is the first novel in Stewart Binns's new series which will see a book release for each year of the First World War.

*** THE Sunday Times TOP TEN BESTSELLING AUTHOR *** 'Wonderful .

This book helps readers understand the extent to which shell shock continues to shape modern memories of the First World War.

This book helps readers understand the extent to which shell shock continues to shape modern memories of the First World War.

Previously published as The Watercress GirlsA warm-hearted and nostalgic family saga from the bestselling author of THE WINTER BABY and THE NURSEMAID'S SECRET.

This book explores American literature and culture of the First World War while analyzing the war''s historical context and significance.

This book explores American literature and culture of the First World War while analyzing the war''s historical context and significance.

Critically acclaimed novelist Michael Farris Smith pulls Nick Carraway out of the shadows and into the spotlight in this exhilarating imagination of his life before The Great Gatsby.

The Searing Portrayal Of War That Has Stunned And Galvanized Generations Of ReadersAn immediate bestseller upon its original publication in 1939, Dalton Trumbo?

A saga of a divided family and the unwanted child who reunites them.

An encounter with a dying Frenchman changes a young woman's life forever.

The war may be over, but devastating secrets are about to come to light.

In the aftermath of the First World War, the painter Walter Cox cherishes the place of his childhood to keep the pulse of his art alive.

War makes heroes of men, but at what price?

1914, the beginning of a blissful, golden summer.

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Two sisters.

One woman's battles in family, war and tragedy.

Lady Celia Lytton throws the best parties in town.

Published to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of The Great War, Classic Stories of World War I is a compilation of fiction and non-fiction excerpts from the works of world-class authors - such as Joseph Conrad and W.

The final book in Cynthia's War at Home series - Pack Up Your Troubles - is available to pre-order now.

In 1917 the Great War rages on, and for the Hunters, their friends and their servants the war is where they live now.

The brand new series, perfect for fans of DOWNTON ABBEY, from the author of the hugely successful MORLAND DYNASTY novels .

Stirringly told from the view of everyday soldiers, Covenant with Death is acclaimed as one of the greatest novels about war ever written.

THE WORLD'S FAVOURITE AUTHORONE BILLION COPIES SOLDThe ring sealed their fate for ever .

THE WORLD'S FAVOURITE AUTHORONE BILLION COPIES SOLDOne woman's odyssey through a century of turmoil .

For Alan Carter the greatest personal sacrifice of the Great War of 1914-18 is being called-up after only one week of marriage.

Josh and Miriam Retallick and their grandson Ben seem almost part of the wild and rugged Cornish landscape of 1913.

Cornwall, 1914 - Perys Tremayne arrives at St Austell to stay with relatives at the ancient family home of Heligan House.

The year is 1915, and the war is raging on .

In 1914, Britain faces a new kind of war.