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Author
Series
Maisie Dobbs novel volume 18
Language
English
Description
"London, 1945: Four adolescent orphans with a dark wartime history are squatting in a vacant Belgravia mansion - the owners having fled London under heavy Luftwaffe bombing. Soon after a demobilized British soldier, ill and reeling from his experiences overseas, takes shelter with the group, Maisie Dobbs visits the mansion on behalf of the owners. Maisie is deeply puzzled by the children's reticence. Their stories are evasive and, more mysteriously,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
107 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
After helping prepare their London home for German bombing raids, young Hettie and her brothers are sent to safety in the countryside, where she strives to keep them connected to each other and their parents.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
8 audio discs (10 hr., 12 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This novel is told from three unique narrative viewpoints: England's young Queen Elizabeth II, Hanna Penwyck, a fictionalized loyal servant who was assigned as keeper of the dogs, and Susan, the Queen's Corgi, a gift for her eighteenth birthday. The Queen and Hanna shared a love of dogs, and the Queen could open up to her. Through Susan, we get a dog's eye view of royal life.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
372 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"1940. BRITAIN IS AT WAR WITH NAZI GERMANY. Eleven-year-old Eric practically lives at the London Zoo. And there's one animal in particular he loves to spend time with: Gertrude the gorilla. But with German bombs raining over London, Eric realizes Gertrude is in terrible danger, and together with his Uncle Sid, a keeper at the zoo, the three go on the run. But while hiding out at the seaside, they uncover a top-secret Nazi plot..."--Page [2] of cover....
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