Synopsis (from book cover):
Summer, 1942. A spirited and courageous young woman, Sandrine, finds herself drawn into the world of the Resistance in Carcassonne under German Occupation. Her network – codenamed ‘Citadel’ – is made up of ordinary women who risk everything to fight the sinister battles raging in the shadows around them. as the war reaches its [...]
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Citadel by Kate Mosse
8 Comments CherryPie on Mar 2nd 2013
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The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Synopsis (from book cover):
Set in the turbulent times of twelfth-century England when civil war, famine, religious strife and battles over royal succession tore lives and families apart, The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of the building of a magnificent cathedral.
Against this richly imagined backdrop, filled with intrigue and treachery, Ken Follett draws the reader irresistibly into a wonderful epic [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Jan 21st 2013
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The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse
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It’s 1928, Freddie Watson is still grieving for his brother, lost in the Great War. Driving through the foothills of the French Pyrenees, his car spins off the road in a snowstorm. Freddie takes refuge in an isolated village and there meets a beautiful, captivating woman. They spend the night talking of love and loss and war. But [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 29th 2012
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The Eden Legacy by Will Adams
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Welcome to Eden population: Zero
Off the coast of Madagascar and on the run, underwater archaeologist Daniel Knox is searching for the wreck of a Chinese treasure ship. But when and old friend and her father vanish from the idyllic Eden nature reserve, he breaks cover to go and investigate.
It is the opportunity [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on May 17th 2011
