The Siege of Leningrad: History in an Hour

Colley, Rupert

World War One

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William Collins

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World War Two: History in an Hour

World War Two was one of the most devastating conflicts the world has ever seen. Between 1939 and 1945, almost every country in the world was affected by the war in some way.World War Two: History in an Hour neatly covers all the major facts and events, giving you a clear and straightforward overview of the politics involved, the violence that ensued, and how it changed the world in unimaginable ways. World War Two: History in an Hour is engagingly written and accessible for all history lovers.Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.FULLY UPDATED AND REVISED

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Two brothers. One woman. A nation at war. A compelling story of war, brotherly love, romance and betrayal during World War One. Vast in scope and intimate in the portrayal of three lives swept along by circumstances, 'This Time Tomorrow' moves from the drawing rooms of Edwardian London to the trenches of the Western Front and to the uncertainty of post-war Britain. When Guy Searight volunteers to fight with the British army in the early days of World War One, he leaves behind his girlfriend, Mary. While away fighting, Guy’s younger brother, Jack, seizes an opportunity to woo Mary for himself. Forthright and self assured, Guy has always looked out for his confident but frail brother and blithely promises his fretting mother that he’ll look out for him when Jack’s turn comes to join up. But embittered by Jack’s betrayal, Guy vows that when Jack has to face the horrors of war for himself, he won’t be there to look after him. When the brothers are reunited in the trenches of the Western Front, their thoughts are both with Mary. As Jack buckles under the strain of war, can Guy sustain his anger and allow his brother to suffer alone? A shocking event, catastrophic in its intensity and barbaric in its conclusion, forces Guy to re-evaluate his relationship with his brother, with Mary and ultimately himself. This Time Tomorrow: a World War One novel is a tale of love, loss and longing. Historical Fiction with Heart and Drama.

This Time Tomorrow (The Searight Saga)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

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Fear on the streets. Death on every corner. But the real enemy is the brother at his side.   A short, heart-wrenching historical novella on a large canvas from the founder of History In An Hour.   My Brother the Enemy is a story of jealousy, sibling rivalry and betrayal, and a desperate bid for freedom, set against a backdrop of Nazi oppression and war.   1936 – Exiled by the Nazi regime for their father’s beliefs, Peter’s love for his brother is slowly eroded as Martin proves himself to be ruthless and manipulative. When Monika comes into their young lives, their mutual jealousies heighten and threaten to tear them apart.   1941 – A childhood accident saves Peter from active service. His brother, posted to the killing fields of the Eastern Front, isn’t so lucky.   1945 – Berlin is torn apart by Allied bombs. Amid the carnage and death that descends over the city, Martin returns from Russia – battered and embittered. The twins’ seething bitterness and their shared love for Monika finally explodes with devastating consequences.   “A good, fast, page-turning read and I cared about the characters and wanted to know what happened to them.”   “Fraternal jealousies and rivalries are searingly drawn.”   Rupert Colley is the founder, editor and writer of the highly successful History In An Hour series of ebooks and audio, published by HarperCollins.   Historical Fiction with Heart and Drama.

My Brother the Enemy (The Love and War Series)

Literary

When love becomes your greatest enemy   Moscow, 1935. Stalin is in power. People live in constant fear – fear of each other, fear of being denounced, and fear of Stalin’s secret police, the NKVD. Ordinary citizens live behind a mask – a public face that enables them to toe the Party line and conceal their true feelings and personal thoughts.   One such citizen is thirty-year-old Maria. She has a past – the sort that, if known, would cost her her freedom. So monstrous her crime, she is forced to live a lie. Maria marries Petrov, a Party activist, not out of love, but as a means of forming a new identity, to escape her past. Her existence is safe – but dull. Until the day she meets Dmitry.   Dmitry is an artist, whose work allows him a standard of living above the average Muscovite. But Dmitry feels straitjacketed by what he’s allowed to paint. Instead of the state approved rural idyll of his latest commission, he aspires to paint the female form. But when Maria offers to pose for him, he refuses – until he falls in love with her.   Dmitry’s artistic aspirations and Maria’s yearning for a new life force them to risk everything in the name of love and freedom.   The Black Maria is a novel about truth – the distortion of it, and the fear of it. And at the heart of the novel, is Maria’s brutal past. When love comes unexpectedly, it threatens to expose the truth and destroy her.   “I'm seriously in awe. It's a remarkable piece of historical fiction. It's dark, gritty, and really quite disturbing. And heartbreaking at the same time. A brilliant achievement!”   “A disquieting, well-told tale in which the author delves deeply and effectively into the minds of his characters. Is it entertaining? Yes. You'll be glad you read this novel.”   “Hard-hitting, dark and, at times, unpalatable. It is also honest.”   “I don't recall being quite as thoroughly chilled by Solzhenitsyn's works as I was with Rupert Colley's The Black Maria.”   “Wonderfully written, this is a novel that lives long in the memory. Highly recommended.”   “An absorbing if confronting read, and stayed with me long after I'd finished it.”   Rupert Colley is the founder, editor and writer of the highly successful History In An Hour series of ebooks and audio, published by HarperCollins.   Historical fiction with heart and drama.

The Black Maria (The Love and War Series)

When the ties of loyalty are severed, whom do you trust? World War Two. It is June 1940. France has surrendered and the Nazi German occupation begins. A small village in northern France awaits the arrival of a garrison of conquering Germans. To their dismay, 16-year-old Pierre and his parents, Georges and Sandrine, are forced to accommodate a German major, Major Hurtzberger. He is the enemy within their midst; the invader of their country, and, more pertinently, the unwanted lodger within their home. The problem, however, is that the German is annoyingly pleasant. The major, with a son of his own, empathises with Pierre in a way Georges has never been able to. Immediately the two of them find a bond, leaving Pierre confused and his understanding of good and bad, of black and white, shattered. But then, Georges, Pierre's father, is arrested by the Gestapo and taken away. Forced to confront the prejudices of others, as well as his own, Pierre has to ask where his loyalties lie, and who are his friends and who, exactly, is the enemy. Desperate to prove himself a man, Pierre is continually thwarted by those he trusts - his parents, the villagers and especially Claire, the girl he so desires. Pierre's quest brings to the fore a traumatic event in the family's past, a tragedy never forgotten but never mentioned. Only by confronting his trauma, can Pierre find the answer and prove he is a man in a country at war. From the founder of the History In An Hour series, comes another powerful work of WW2 historical fiction that will remain with you long after you've turned the final page. "Really enjoyed this book. Loved the characters and their involvement in the story." "This is a book with difference. I will look for more books by this author." "Colley draws his characters with fine lines, illustrating both the brutality and compassion shown by individuals on both sides of this war." "Told with great poignancy." Historical fiction with heart and drama.

The White Venus (The Love and War Series)

"She once saved my life. She now wants to destroy it." Summer 1942, Nazi-occupied France. A young and frightened resistance fighter sits on a train. Opposite him, a middle-aged woman. During the course of the next hour, this woman will save the young man’s life. Paris, 1968, that young man is now France’s most famous music conductor, adored and feted wherever he goes. And he’s fallen in love. He is happy. But he never forgets the woman on the train. So when, unexpectedly, he receives a desperate letter from her, begging him to come to her aid, he gladly offers to return the favour. But the woman hides a dark and terrible secret, which, if exposed, threatens to destroy them both. Torn between the woman he loves and the woman who saved his life, France watches as his life and reputation are placed on the line. Why did the Woman on the Train help him all those years ago, and who, exactly, is she? Historical fiction with heart and drama. Part of The Love and War Series, novels set during the 20th century's darkest years.

The Woman on the Train (The Love and War Series)

Ten men adrift on a lifeboat. Only one will live to tell the tale.   The sequel to This Time Tomorrow.   June 1944, World War Two, the middle of the Indian Ocean: a convoy ship is torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat. Most on board are killed but ten sailors manage to clamber aboard a lifeboat. With almost nothing to eat or drink, the men are cast adrift at the mercy of The Unforgiving Sea.   The sea and the elements push the men to their limits but it is the vagaries of man that brings out the worse in each of them. Discipline and comradeship deteriorate as, day by day, events take their deadly toll, leaving each man to fight for himself.   Robert Searight, the son of Guy from This Time Tomorrow, emerges as the sole survivor. Traumatised by the experience, he returns to his English village to find peace and recuperate. His only task is to return a dead friend’s wedding ring to Marion, the man’s widow. But on returning home, Marion, having left in mysterious circumstances, is nowhere to be found. No one, it seems, is prepared to say why.   His return to the village brings back the heartache he felt when, a year previously, his fiancée, troubled by her own past, breaks off their relationship.   And here, in his village, having received a warm welcome home, Robert faces the contradictions of a small community, decent on the outside but seething with prejudice and suspicion inside; a village with a foul secret at its heart.   But ultimately, it’s his own dark secret that he must confront before he can come to terms with his broken heart and the trauma of having survived The Unforgiving Sea.   A sequel to This Time Tomorrow, The Unforgiving Sea is, on its surface, a tale of murder, survival and loss, while at its core we find a story of deep love, loyalty and forgiveness.   Rupert Colley is the founder, editor and writer of the bestselling ‘History In An Hour’ series of ebooks and audio, published by HarperCollins.   Historical fiction with drama and heart.

The Unforgiving Sea (The Searight Saga)

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