|
Forgotten Voices of the Secret War
|
Roderick Bailey |
The definitive oral history of a unique and extraordinary organisation tasked to 'set Europe ablaze' in the Second World War.The Gestapo kept me three days in this interrogation house. They especiall… |
OL14973505W |
|
Sisters in arms
|
Nicola Tyrer |
"The experiences of the Queen Alexandra nurses (QAs) in the Second World War are some of the greatest adventure stories of modern times and - incredibly - remain largely untold. Thousands of middle-c… |
OL17887225W |
|
Half a Man
|
Tor Freeman,Michael Morpurgo,Gemma O'Callaghan |
From a young age, Michael was both fascinated by and afraid of his grandfather. Grandpa's ship was torpedoed during the Second World War, leaving him with terrible burns. Every time he came to stay, … |
OL19338718W |
|
Eleven days in August
|
Matthew Cobb |
"'The final days of the German occupation of the French capital are vividly captured in this fine account of death and deliverance' Sir Max Hastings The liberation of Paris was a momentous point in t… |
OL20889324W |
|
Luftkrieg und Literatur
|
W. G. Sebald |
W.G. Sebald completed this extraordinary and important -- and already controversial -- book before his untimely death in December 2001. On the Natural History of Destruction is W.G. Sebald's harrowin… |
OL46618W |