War, combat and military adventure fiction

How the men and women of Britain found 'the road home' after the Great War.

2020 Carol Award Winner***Numbed by grief and harboring shameful secrets, Lt.

Politics, love, and war swirl around Captain Peter Wake (USN) in Havana when the USS Maine explodes on a quiet evening in February 1898.

Clash of Fleets is an operational history that records every naval engagement fought between major surface warships during World War I.

A captivating and stirring maritime adventure from bestselling author James Nelson that will have you on the edge of your seat.

Delving into the mysteries of the human heart with humor and emotion, master storyteller Judy Reene Singer explores what it means to begin again after a life touched by tragedy .

'An enchanting debut' Woman's OwnNovember 1942Dear Elizabeth, I've got myself a new project, to cheer myself up a bit.

The British Empire played a crucial part in the First World War, supplying hundreds of thousands of soldiers and labourers as well as a range of essential resources, from foodstuffs to minerals, mules, and munitions.

The Politics of Wounds explores military patients' experiences of frontline medical evacuation, war surgery, and the social world of military hospitals during the First World War.

This book explores the differing ways in which language has been used to try to make sense of the First World War.

This Companion offers a major re-examination of the poetry of the First World War at the start of the war''s centennial commemoration.

The 'Soixante quinze', France's legendary 75mm Modele 1897, was the first modern field gun, pioneering several critical innovations in field artillery designs, including a fast action breech and a soft recoil system.

Relentlessly pulse-pounding and completely unputdownable, multi-million copy bestseller Chris Ryan's Stand By, Stand By is as exciting as the military thriller can be.

Captain Claud Williams’ memoir tells, firsthand, what it was like to be a Light Car Patrol commander during the First World War, while Russell McGuirk’s commentary provides the historical background to the formation of the Patrols and follows their activities from the British raid on Siwa Oasis to desert exploration and survey work and the Kufra Reconnaissance Scheme.

The Right Reverend Llewellyn Gwynne's diaries offer a unique insight into a period of change for the army, chaplains and the Church of England during a critical period of the First World War.

For fans of The Light Between Oceans, this ';exquisitely written, true book of wonders' (Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author) explores the aftermath of World War II in an Australian seaside town, and the mysterious poem that changes the lives of those who encounter it.

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This emotional and uplifting saga full of twists and turns by the Sunday Times bestselling author Ruth Hamilton is perfect for fans of Catherine Cookson, Dilly Court and Josephine Cox.

A Novel of the Civil War at SeaThis final volume in the Raphael Semmes trilogy of Civil War naval thrillers, Seahawk Burning, follows the real-life adventures of Confederate Captain Raphael Semmes and his ship, the C.

Published in partnership with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), this is a thematic guide to about 30 locations on the Somme.

An unmissable novel about love and marriage, families and secrets.

**AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS**25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR'A true diamond of a novel, glinting with comedy and tragedy' Daily MailIt is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces.

The killing fields of Cannae provide the setting for one of the bloodiest battles in history.

A moving and entrancing novel set in Paris during World War II about an American woman, a dashing pilot, and a young Jewish girl whose fates unexpectedly entwineperfect for the fans of Kristen Hannah's The Nightingale and Martha Hall Kelly's Lilac Girls, this is ';an emotional, heart-breaking, inspiring tribute to the strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love' (Mariah Stewart, New York Times bestselling author).

"e;A captivating Cold War page-turner.

Margot Asquith was the wife of Herbert Henry Asquith, the Liberal Prime Minister who led Britain into war in August 1914.

After playing cat and mouse in Iraq to gain crucial intelligence, a group of Marines think they are on their way home, but their war isn't over.

The first full-length study of the experience and memory of British and Dominion soldiers in the Middle East and Macedonia during WWI.

A lieutenant writes of digging through bodies that have the consistency of Camembert cheese; a mother sends flower seeds to her son at the Front, hoping that one day someone may see them grow; a nurse tends a man back to health knowing he will be court-martialled and shot as soon as he is fit.

Als Harald Rüster in Pleskow den Bahnhof verlässt, wird er Augenzeuge, wie das SS-Sonderkommando Ahrends jüdische Frauen und Kinder zusammentreibt, wobei der Hauptsturmführer Ahrends mutwillig von der Pistole Gebrauch macht und eine Frau und ihr Kind niederschießt.

First published in 1929, this book was written to express the belief that nations' commercial policy and doctrines could best be explained by reference to their history.

THE FIRST CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANWhen sixteen-year-old Sally is evacuated to the English south coast, she is terrified by what lies ahead of her.

This book represents the most comprehensive history of Germany during the First World War.

In 1972, following the huge success of Run Silent, Run Deep, Edward L.

Joe Shelby -- a brilliant and daring combat reporter for a big magazine he refers to as "e;the comic"e; -- is an Englishman who is at home only in the world's trouble spots -- Chechnya, Rwanda, Gaza -- where he is face-to-face with murder, starvation, war crimes and the sound of bullets whistling past his ears.

As Japanese planes attack Pearl Harbor, an army private commits a simple crime that will change his life foreverRichard Mast is a misfit in the infantry unit at Pearl Harbor.

Planet by planet, galaxy by galaxy, the inhabited universe has fallen to the alien Xul.

Winner of the 2011 Leapfrog Fiction Contest.

The Stormlight Archive saga continues in Rhythm of War, the sensational fourth book in Brandon Sanderson's #1 New York Times bestselling series.

A new approach to the moral and intellectual debates provoked by Nazism in Germany, the Holocaust and World War II.

World War I propelled the United States into the twentieth century and served as a powerful catalyst for the making of modern California.

Come back to the Named Lands in this compelling sequel to Ken Scholes amazing novel Lamentation.

A raw and rampaging debut novel from the author of the "e;inventive, unsparing, irreverent and consistently entertaining"e; (NYTBR) memoir Eat the Apple--the last phase of war for US veterans: returning home.

A riveting and compelling account of Nate's initial Civil War experience-its battles, romances and divided loyalties When Richmond landowner Washington Faulconer snatches young Nate Starbuck from the grip of a Yankee-hating mob, Nate is both grateful and awed by his idealistic rescuer.

Ranging far beyond the traditional canon, this ground-breaking anthology casts a vivid new light on poetic responses to the First World War.

Published in a new edition on the centenary of the seismic battle, this book provides the definitive account of the Somme and assigns responsibility to military and political leaders for its catastrophic outcome.

This book reveals the impact of communications on the military operations of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War.