Historical War Saga

Conciliando sapientemente fantasia e realtà storica, con "La banda Gordon" Marco Dell'Omo firma un romanzo irresistibile, che affonda le radici in un Abruzzo di metà Novecento, sospeso fra le follie del regime fascista e la Seconda Guerra Mondiale. La storia prende le mosse da un anziano generale in pensione, Piero Vinci, che a distanza di molti anni ripercorre la sua adolescenza ai tempi del Duce.

Ce roman relate l'histoire vraie de deux Allemandes exceptionnelles : Hanna Reitsch et Melitta von Stauffenberg. Atteintes du virus de l'Aviation depuis leur plus jeune âge, elles ont dû se battre avec leurs propres armes pour assouvir leur rêve dans un milieu aussi machiste qu'élitiste. Le début de la seconde guerre mondiale va les obliger à participer à l'effort national. Pour ces deux intrépides, ce sera la mise au point de bombardiers modernes et ultraperformants.

It's the most wonderful time of the year - and the East End Angels are working hard to keep Londoners safe. Frankie is trying to keep everything together. She can count on the support of the East End Angels, even in the face of family trouble. Winnie's husband is putting himself at risk every day in the bomb disposal unit. Bella's friendship with Winnie's brother, James, is getting closer all the time. Christmas on the Home Front is a hard time with loved ones far away - but the women of the Auxiliary Ambulance service are making do and mending.

Housewife Nancy never dreamed that she’d end up in Vickers steelworks factory, but when husband Bert is called up to serve, she needs to put food on the table for her two young children. Betty’s sweetheart, William, has joined the RAF Reserves, so she can’t sit around and do nothing - even if it means giving up her ambitions to study law at night school. Young Patty is relishing the excitement the war brings. But this shop-girl is going to have to grow up quickly, especially now she’s undertaking such back-breaking and dangerous work in the factory.

A lush, multigenerational journey across time and continents, from 1920s Ohio to wartime France to modern-day Paris, where music, recipes and DNA reveal the stories they carry and the truths they can no longer hide. At the heart of the story is Audrey Dupré, a teenage piano prodigy who finds herself pregnant and exiled to Paris. Amid war and heartbreak, Audrey works in a vineyard in Beaune and as WWII ends, she is gifted four bottles of exquisite Burgundy. She opens each one at a defining moment in her long life.

In 1940s Italy, Ottie’s life is defined by family loyalty and the demands of her domineering father. Sent to work in a British munitions factory near Positano, she finds herself drawn to Hal, a soldier grappling with the horrors of war. As their forbidden love grows, Ottie is forced to confront the expectations of her family and the brutal realities of a country at war.

Trieste, 1941. Giorgio e Mattia Gherdovich sono i figli di un importante esponente del Partito fascista. Partiti per Lubiana convinti di poter fare la differenza nella fondazione della nuova provincia da poco annessa, scoprono presto quanto la guerra può essere cruda e straziante sia con i vinti che con i vincitori. Così nel 1943, pochi giorni dopo l'armistizio dell'8 settembre, i due fratelli decidono di prendere due strade diverse.

Está congelando a -38oC. Stalingrado, inverno de 1942-1943. Um vento frio varre as planícies, jogando cristais de gelo em nossos rostos. Estamos marchando por milhares de corpos congelados. Os generais da SS estão marchando na frente do comboio, silenciosos e distanciados. Notamos que o general da SS está bravo há um tempo, um fanático que quer morrer em batalha, levando consigo tantos quanto possível.

O som horrível das esteiras do tanque se aproxima mais e mais. Conheço este medo que sobe pela minha espinha. Certamente morreremos se começarmos a correr cedo demais. Não sei como nos levantamos, as pernas simplesmente começaram a se mover automaticamente. O tanque se move sobre o buraco, esmagando tudo e continuando seu caminho.

Um comando especial do regimento de criminosos, vestindo uniformes russos, tomam quatro tanques russos T-34. Reconhecimento remoto atrás das linhas russas no Cáucaso. O ano é 1942. Por horas a fio, os tanques passam em direção ao leste. Grupos russos os desafiam diversas vezes. Seguimos os soldados em sua luta desesperada para encontrar o caminho de volta para as linhas alemãs. As distâncias são enormes, os amigos são poucos e a morte sempre os persegue.

Le 23 janvier 1951, le navire-hôpital Jutlandia quitte le port de Copenhague. Molly Dahl, une jeune infirmière engagée, embarque de justesse à bord du bateau. Durant la période de libération du Danemark, Molly a accumulé une grande expérience sur le terrain en s’occupant de patients mourants ou gravement blessés par balles. Cependant, Molly porte dorénavant un bagage rempli d’un grand nombre d’expériences personnelles terribles.

Dezember 1948: Wer war Minna Schaade? Als Kriminalkommissar Heinrich Klemmer die grausam zugerichtete Leiche der Medizinerin im Berliner Tiergarten zum ersten Mal erblickt, erkennt er sofort: Ein gewöhnlicher Raubmord war das nicht. Bei seinen Ermittlungen in den Ruinen der Stadt gerät der junge Westpolizist schon bald in ein Netz aus Intrigen – und ins Visier des sowjetischen Geheimdienstes. Heinrichs Vorstöße werden immer leichtsinniger, er ermittelt im Ostsektor und damit auf verbotenem Terrain.

Uppsala i slutet av trettiotalet. Den unge arbetaren Erik Lind försöker hitta sig själv i ett turbulent politiskt klimat och lockad av en karismatisk arbetskamrat går han med i stadens nazistparti. Men snart visar ideologin sitt rätta ansikte och Eriks övertygelse börjar svaja. Kan han slita sig loss från nazismens järnklor innan det är för sent? Över ett halvt sekel senare har den hyllade författaren Karl-Axel Sandell slagit sig till ro efter nio succéromaner. Men en höstdag ringer telefonen. Någon från hans förflutna är i andra änden. Någon som vet något. Något som absolut inte får läcka ut.

This is the story of a young Liverpool woman widowed in the Second World War before she can know the happiness of having a family. With the blessing of her mother, with whom she runs a B&B, she goes to Normandy to see where her husband was killed in the D-Day landings. Once she is there, she meets an impoverished French poultry farmer, now reduced to driving a beaten up (and still rare) taxi and looking after his old mother and dying brother. Will these two find happiness together?

Catherine wrestles with self-pity after a machine-shop accident. With her fiancé and brothers on the front lines in France, she must find a new way to fight on the home front. At her side are her steadfast GWR friends, among them Maggie, facing the loss of her father and family home, and Lily, desperate for news of her childhood sweetheart. All are determined to keep morale high and do their bit to win the war.

London, 1938: Während Rowan von einer Party zur nächsten treibt, arbeitet ihre jüngere Schwester Thea hart, um später studieren zu können. Trotz aller Unterschiede stehen sich die beiden sehr nahe, vor allem seit jenem tragischen Unfall in ihrer Kindheit, bei dem ihre Mutter starb und Rowan Thea das Leben rettete. Doch Thea merkt, dass ihre Schwester ihr nie die ganze Wahrheit über den Unfall erzählt hat, ein Geheimnis überschattet ihre Beziehung.

In Iraq, Captain Matthew Duffy, recruited by British Intelligence, once more faces a German enemy. But Matthew is confused by his attraction to Diane, now working for the Germans, and finds himself having to make a hard decision. Just as he is coming to terms with his choice, he meets his estranged son, James Barrington Jnr. Back in Sydney, George Macintosh is determined to keep control of his business empire and to prevent his nephew David from taking a seat on the Board. Meanwhile, George’s son Donald is packed off to the family station Glen View.

Emerging triumphant from the firing line of war is no easy feat... In war-torn Warsaw, Anna joins the Polish resistance, risking everything for freedom with memories of her fanatical Nazi husband fueling her determination. As she grows close to the resistance, a kind doctor named Mateusz ignites dreams of a different life. But her happiness is shattered when her husband resurfaces. Now, Anna must masquerade as his wife once more to gather vital information.

Set against the turbulent backdrop of the early 20th century, this sweeping saga follows the intertwined fates of three families, bound by love, a terrible crime, and the scars of war. Squadron Leader Robert Banster, an RAF pilot, is deeply in love with Elizabeth, a beautiful young woman he met in 1937. Their marriage is blissful—until war shatters their world. During the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940, Robert is shot down over France and taken prisoner, enduring the brutal hardships of a German POW camp.

"Le soldat inconnu de la deuxième guerre mondiale possède maintenant son monument" Morgenavisen, Norvège. Nous entendons les chenilles des tanks qui s'approchent. – Un T-34. Ils nous ont sûrement découverts, murmure Petit-Frère. Ne bougez pas tant qu'il n'arrive pas ici, après on s'enfuira ! L'affreux bruit des chenilles se rapproche de plus en plus. Je connais l'angoisse qui parcourt la colonne vertébrale. Courir une seconde trop tôt, c'est la mort assurée. Je ne sais pas comment nous sommes parvenus à nous lever ; les jambes fonctionnent automatiquement.