'He captures better than anyone the collision of public and private, the intrusion of history into the skin, the pores of every individual alive' Guardian'Though on the morning after the election disbelief prevailed, especially among the pollsters, by the next everybody seemed to understand everything.
On the edge of a small Australian town, far from the battlefields of the Second World War, a camp holds thousands of Japanese, Italian and Korean prisoners of war.
'ORIGINAL AND ENTHRALLING' Guardian'AFFECTING AND TENDER' The Times'COMPLETELY ENCHANTING' Penny Vincenzi Elizabeth Pringle lived all her long life on the Scottish island of Arran.
The story of three Italian sisters; Raefella, Rosanna and Fiammetta, living under Mussolini in 1938 and the men who fell in love with them: Steve, an American playboy; Kurt, a German musician; Hamilton Johns, an English painter.
The Multi-Million Copy International BestsellerReleased in 2010 as a major motion picture starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Sarah's Key is perfect for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and All the Light We Cannot See.
The Secret HistorymeetsThe Alice Networkin this riveting tale of murder and conspiracy in Sweden during World War IIIt is 1943 and Swedens neutrality in the war is under pressure.
Robert Barr has been almost completely overlooked by critics and anthologists of Canadian literature, in part because, although he was educated in Canada, he spent most of his life in the United States and England.
*FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE NIGHTINGALE GIRLS, DONNA DOUGLAS*'A fascinating portrait of everyday life on the home front in wartime, with its hopes and hardships, and will leave readers counting down to the next visit to Jubilee Row.
