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1942. Hannah Martel has narrowly escaped Nazi Germany after her fiancae was killed in a pogrom. When her ship bound for America is turned away at port, she has nowhere to go but to her cousin Lily, who lives with her family in Brussels. Fearful for her life, Hannah is desperate to get out of occupied Europe. But with no safe way to leave, she must return to the dangerous underground work she thought she had left behind. Seeking help, Hannah joins...
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Everyman's library volume no. 292
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Everyman's Library/Alfred A. Knopf
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2008
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When a WW2 piano emerges from the Belgian mist one winter's night, who could have imagined the startling truths it would reveal?
History haunts the present day in Leona Francombe's sweeping European tale of suspense, mysticism and adventure.
The Universe in 3/4 Time: A Novel of Old Europe tells the story of a wartime piano abandoned to the elements in contemporary Brussels and of Audrey Nightingale, the remarkable musician who comes across it. This...
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Based on a true story, this historical novel focuses on Edith Cavell's work as a nurse in Belgium during World War I, her involvement smuggling wounded Allied soldiers to freedom, and her eventual arrest and execution--
Can one nurse on a mission of mercy and rebellion turn the tide of WWI? November 1914--The Great War has come to Brussels, the Germans have occupied the city, and Edith Cavell, Head Nurse at Berkendael Medical Institute, faces an...
6) Beautiful
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Veronique Vincent is a star. At age twenty-two, she is one of the most sought-after models in fashion, gracing the covers of magazines and walking the runways of haute couture shows across the globe. Yet, despite being the consummate professional, Veronique wants little of the glamorous life that modeling affords her. The beloved daughter of a hardworking single mother, she has always preferred spending time at home or with her kindhearted boyfriend...
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