Second World War fiction books

The first book in the landmark Cazalet Chronicles, previously a BBC radio and TV series. With the onset of war,...  Read More >>

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'Brisk, smart, witty, elliptical ... Recalls the directors of the New Wave ... Bracing and brilliant'Independent...  Read More >>

A profoundly moving story of music, survival, friendship and love in wartime Leningrad.  Read More >>

Atmospheric and finely written, this exposé of a shotgun wedding and subsequent marriage is a jewel of narration,...  Read More >>

It is the 1930s, and John Wilkins has been taught to fly by his ex-Royal Flying Corps father. He longs to fly in...  Read More >>

In 1940s Italy, teenager Pino Lella joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps, falls for a...  Read More >>

A six-year-old girl provides him with an essential lead: a drawing of a bird. Detective Hoffmann must uncover the...  Read More >>

Fifteen-year-old Julia Beaufort-Stuart wakes up in a hospital not knowing how she was injured, and soon befriends...  Read More >>

Continuing Graham Hurley's series charting the shadowy and often lethal pas de deux between rival Allied and German...  Read More >>

Designed to meet the requirements for students at GCSE and A level, this accessible and comprehensive new educational...  Read More >>

A tale of one of the least-known, least glamorous and most dangerous areas of war - minesweeping - by the master...  Read More >>

At last the British agreed to send them a small flotilla of motor torpedo boats under the command of John Devane....  Read More >>

Home Place, September 1939: now the sunlit days of childish games and lavish family meals are over. The windows...  Read More >>

Paul and Louise love each other and get married, but WWI separates them. Paul, who wants to escape the hell of the...  Read More >>

Dare she risk her reputation? When the orphaned Flora MacDonald escapes from a harsh reform school she falls -...  Read More >>

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The fifth poignant and nostalgic saga in the Lavender Road series, about the resilient residents of a south London...  Read More >>

The brand new Wartime drama novel from bestselling author Annie Groves, perfect for fans of Christmas on the Mersey...  Read More >>

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The One Man is a gripping story of heroism from master of the thriller genre, Andrew Gross. A career-defining book,...  Read More >>

Presents an imaginative reconstruction of a damaged life across the tumultuous decades of the twentieth century....  Read More >>

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A gripping espionage thriller, which sees two spies locked in a psychological battle of wills in the run up to the...  Read More >>

A sweeping saga of friends and lovers, set in Crete during the Second World War.  Read More >>