Ergebnis für "Me" in 20. Jahrhundert

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of An Italian Girl in Brooklyn comes a captivating new novel of enduring love and devastating secrets, based on a true story. 'Nobody does epic romance like Santa Montefiore' JOJO MOYES Rupert promised he was going to come back. All Florence had to do was...

'A marvel… funny, thought-provoking and comforting all at once' Clare Leslie Hall, author of Broken Country 'A life-affirming novel of friendship, community and kindness' AJ Pearce, author of Dear Mrs Bird Can one note change everything? To be or not to be… Six little words, printed on...

'Every time I think Kristin Harmel's books can't get any better, they do' Sally Hepworth 'A gorgeous, ensemble novel that will have you packing your bags for France!' Evie Woods 'Romantic, sweeping, and deeply emotional-this is Kristin Harmel at her absolute best' Christina Lauren Julia Glover...

An achingly beautiful work of historical fiction, Send for Me moves between Germany on the eve of World War II and present-day Wisconsin, unspooling a thread of love, longing, and the powerful bonds of family.

Meet Me at Rainbow Corner follows the lives of Dot, Lilly and their friends, as they dance the nights away, fall in and out of love, and navigate the horrors of war. Lilly goes on a secret mission with her Colonel to France, and Dot becomes pregnant and returns to Liverpool. When the war is over, they are reunited, having travelled by boat to the US with countless other war brides to meet their repatriated fiancés again. Along the way, they uncover a case of inside espionage and learn the true meaning of love.

From the New York Times bestselling author of We Must Be Brave comes a new sweeping historical novel about one couple’s journey through war, love, and loss, and how the people we love never really leave us. An epic love. A second chance. During the perils of World War II in Alexandria, Egypt...

'A spellbinding read' LOUISE CANDLISH 'A stylish and page-turning mystery' RACHEL HORE A gripping drama of past secrets revealed, of manipulation and revenge for fans of Daphne du Maurier and noir movies like All About Eve and A Star is Born Delia Maxwell is an international singing sensation...

Georgie Paolini was doing his part in the war effort; working part-time at the factory as he planned his life. Graduate from high school, get married, enlist in the army, kill Nazis, come home and become a professional musician. But the best laid plans make God laugh.

Appena vieni a sapere chi ha potuto fare del male ad Ariane, o chi la conosceva meglio degli altri, appena hai un nome... devi dirmelo. Hai la mia parola di ex prigioniero: ti aiuterò a evadere. È il 1945, è quasi estate, quasi tempo di pace. La Francia del sud è stata liberata ma le ferite della guerra sono ancora aperte e il terreno è pieno di insidie: sotto la sabbia della Costa Azzurra, milioni di mine inesplose intrappolano la riviera.

Peace has broken out, and World War I flying ace and all-round chancer Bartholomew Bandy isn’t exactly making a success of being a commercial pilot in the USA. But when a job lot of aircraft bits purchased with the last of his pay turns out to be a complete Vickers Vimy bomber, he feels his luck has changed. With the help of his very tall, very sweet girlfriend Cissie, and the hindrance of his very short, very bad, and beautiful girlfriend Dasha, Bart smashes (literally) straight into the exciting new world of the movies.

'Return to Me' is a historical fiction work which is written to be used as an impactful educational resource for students who are studying World War II. The book covers all 5 fronts of the war, with a clear explanation of the role the key players: Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Empire of Japan) played in the escalation and eventual resolution of the war. The story is intertwined with characters living in a small town nestled in the Rocky Mountains during the Depression and World War II.

THE BRAND NEW NOVEL FROM BESTSELLER JENNY ASHCROFT 'Moving and beautifully written, this enchanting story of love and loss touched my heart' DINAH JEFFERIES 'Emotional, evocative and enthralling' KATE FURNIVALL 'An epic, bittersweet love story that will draw you in and grip you to the last page'...

James Acton has come to the village of Upton to begin again. As his grief over the death of his wife eases, he hopes to find new purpose as the vicar of this small Hampshire parish, still emerging from the long shadow of the war. James’ own war was in the Western Desert, where he fell in love, first with the thrill of being a hurricane pilot and then with Yvette Haddad, the captivating, enigmatic young Alexandrian with a penchant for dangerous driving. 

Brought to you by Penguin. Betty Wellows is running for her life . . . Young Betty dreams of settling down to an ordinary life in Hallsands with her fisherman husband. But when he returns broken and haunted from the Great War, she finds herself persecuted by his distraught mother - and yearns to...

Cornwall, England, 1941. Gazing at the coiled barbed wire and danger signs on this once-beautiful beach, Maddie suddenly hears a frightened little cry. Her heart pounding, she races down the dunes, but knows she will never reach the child in time. Maddie Brady is overwhelmed with relief to see a brave soul ahead of her rescue a little boy trapped among the landmines on the beach. But thanking the man, Maddie is shocked to hear a German accent. Why would an escaped German prisoner of war rescue an English boy?

1938, Hitler visita l'Italia. Uno storico dell'arte irlandese, trasferitosi da tempo a Roma, è costretto ad accompagnare Mussolini e il suo ospite per gallerie e musei. Tra il fascino e il disgusto, ha l'occasione di osservare da vicino i due tiranni e di chiedersi se possa sfruttare l'occasione per "occuparsi" di loro. Con profondo imbarazzo è costretto però a constatare che manca della tenacia necessaria per passare all'azione. Trent'anni dopo, sua figlia si imbatte in una foto scabrosa che ritrae il padre con i due dittatori.

The world is on fire in 1944, but safe within the confines of small Windsor, California, nineteen-year-old nurse Adina Robbins works alongside her father, Dr. Henry Robbins — a complex and fearful man who says little about his past. Adina yearns both for her father's approval and affection, and for more than the doldrums of her smalltown life.