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Sándor Márai publicó esta novela cuando tenía treinta años y acababa de regresar a Hungría. Aunque ya era conocido como escritor de talento, Los rebeldes causó un gran impacto y acabó de consagrar a su autor, que iniciaba entonces uno de sus períodos creativos más intensos y fecundos. Apenas unos meses antes del final de la Primera Guerra Mundial, cuatro jóvenes acaban sus estudios y se enfrentan al último verano de la adolescencia. En cuestión de semanas serán llamados a filas y enviados al frente, un frente del cual solo llegan noticias nefastas.

As New England swelters, Detective Isaac Bell is asked to investigate a cache of missing rifles. But whoever broke into this Winchester Factory wasn't just looking to take weapons - they wanted to leave something in the shipping crates. A radio transmitter, set to summon a fleet of dreaded German U-boats to their location in the seas. This means only one thing: someone is trying to keep American supplies from reaching British shores. And if Bell doesn't crack the conspiracy in time, the Atlantic Ocean will run red with blood.

In the Great War, every act of courage counted… Angelina Green never knew her mother, who left her in a cardboard box by the East London docks on a freezing November night when she was a tiny baby. Saved by a local orphanage, she knows she owes her life to the kindness of others. And she’s...

Brought to you by Penguin. Flanders, June 1917: a British officer and celebrated poet, is shot dead, killed not by German fire, but while recuperating from shell shock well behind the lines. A young English soldier is arrested and, although he protests his innocence, charged with his murder...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE PAGE-TURNING NEW NOVEL FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE WITCHFINDER'S SISTER I still dream, every night, of Polneath on fire. Smoke unravelling from an upper window, and the terrace bathed in a hectic orange light . . . Now I see that the decision I made at...

A Novel of Brotherhood, Sacrifice, and the Alabama 167th Infantry in the Great War In the shattered fields of France, where mud swallows boots and bullets write the fate of nations, a group of young men from Alabama stand shoulder to shoulder as part of the legendary 167th U.S. Infantry Regiment — the backbone of the 42nd "Rainbow" Division. From the dusty heat of the Mexican border chasing Pancho Villa to the blood-soaked trenches of Europe, Unknown Soldier: World War I is a powerful and emotional journey into the heart of courage and the cost of war. Follow James, a young officer from ...

A strange twist of fate connects a British soldier fighting in WWI in 1916 with a young woman living in modern-day England a century later, in this haunting best-selling literary time-travel novel.

A NOVEL OF WAR, WINGS, AND THE BONDS THAT SURVIVE 1913, MANCHESTER. Arthur Howarth's world is measured in mill shifts and shillings—until he climbs into the backyard loft he built himself. Here, among his racing pigeons, he masters a quiet science of wind, seed, and instinct. Here, he is a king. 1916, THE SOMME. That science is now a weapon. Transferred to the Army Pigeon Service, Arthur finds himself in a mobile loft at the edge of hell. His new comrades are not soldiers, but birds: veterans with wary eyes, skittish youths, and Shadow—a captured German hen with a preternatural will to ...

A “modern masterwork” (NPR)—remarkably told through museum wall labels—about a 20th-century woman who transforms herself from a precious object into an unforgettable protagonist. Author Christine Coulson spent twenty-five years writing for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her final...

Inspired by real events, a touching novel about a new class of courageous women who worked at London’s historic Kew Gardens during World War II. In the face of war, gardening is their duty…When Daisy Cooper’s new husband joins the RAF to fight the Battle of Britain, she’s terrified...

Sally Harper is busy juggling running London’s Oxford Street Store Harpers and looking after her beautiful new-born daughter, whilst husband Ben is overseas on another dangerous mission; this time to rescue a friend in need. Young Becky Stockbridge finds herself in a difficult situation, which could bring shame to her and her family. Will Becky, with the help of her friends, find her happy ever after and keep her secret? Marion Jackson is blessed with a son as she eagerly awaits the return of her husband, Reggie. But all is not right when Reggie returns.

From a bestselling Australian author comes a gripping novel of espionage, passion and sacrifice set in the Middle East during World War I. Based on an astonishing true story, it asks what are you willing to die for? For readers of Geraldine Brooks, Heather Morris and Alli Parker. During a train...

History often turns not on grand plans, but on small, fragile moments. On June 28, 1914, a string of chance decisions, missed warnings, wrong turns, and near escapes brought an unknown nineteen-year-old face to face with the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire on a narrow street in Sarajevo. That encounter would ignite a chain reaction that plunged Europe into World War I and reshaped the twentieth century. The Last Turn on Franz Josef Street examines the life and motives of Gavrilo Princip, the reluctant assassin whose actions triggered a global conflict that transformed politics, borders,...

A cinematic, magical artifact hunt filled with love and high-flying action. If you enjoy historical adventure, imaginative magic systems, and new takes on the classic war story, you will love Drops of Glass.“Baldwin brings world history to life in a fantastical way. He paired reality with a pinch of magic and made it sing.” Marcus and Jane don’t belong at war. He’s a gun shy combat pilot from California looking to earn a name for himself by volunteering to fight the Kaiser.

France 1908 Au château de Dragancourt en Picardie, Agnès Gunarsson, une orpheline suédoise, se retrouve empêtrée dans la relation avec les captivants « terribles jumeaux », Elle et Jacques. Leur affection pour Agnès déclenche une rivalité qui met sa détermination à l'épreuve. Façonnée par son passé tragique, Agnès se débat avec les désirs intenses d'Elle et Jacques. Elle doit faire un choix qui va changer sa vie : rester au château de Dragancourt ou se libérer des pressions croissantes. « Mademoiselle Agnès », le récit de passage à l'âge adulte et l'inspiration ...

When Jack Kelly, a captain in the Australian army, shows compassion towards his prisoner Paul Mann, a brave and high-ranking German officer, an unexpected bond is formed. But neither could imagine how their pasts and futures would become inextricably linked by one place – Papua. The Great War is finally over and both soldiers return to their once familiar lives, only to find that in their absences events have changed their respective worlds forever.

A Farewell to Arms is a novel by American writer Ernest Hemingway, set during the Italian campaign of World War I. First published in 1929, it is a first-person account of an American, Frederic Henry, serving as a lieutenant (Italian: tenente) in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. The novel describes a love between the American expatriate and an English nurse, Catherine Barkley.

В девяти километрах от передовой стоит воинская часть Пауля Боймера и его товарищей Альберта Кроппа, Мюллера V и Леера. Всем четверым по девятнадцать лет, все четверо из одного класса, все четверо еще вчера были школьниками, все четверо сегодня солдаты.

The Royal Navy is larger than it has ever been—nearly eight hundred ships and one hundred and twenty thousand men—and it is too small for the tasks demanded of it if the war is to be won. British hardwood forests have been destroyed, with the exception of the untouchable New Forest. It is...

Considered to be one of Virginia Woolf's most popular novels, Mrs. Dalloway follows one high-society woman as she goes about her day planning a splendid party for her acquaintances. As she goes about her day, she ponders on the life she could be living had she not married the reliable Richard Dalloway and instead sought the enigmatic Peter Walsh. At one point, she muses on the fact that she had not the option to be with a close female friend of hers. The novel then takes a turn to follow Septimus Smith, First World War veteran plagued with deferred traumatic stress.