Authors: Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb Published: October 2017 by WmMorrowPB Category: Historical Fiction, WWI ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ An unforgettably romantic novel that spans four Christmases (1914-1918), Last Christmas in Paris explores the ruins of war, the strength of love, and the enduring hope of the Christmas season. August 1914. England is at war. As Evie Elliott … Continue reading Last Christmas in Paris by @HazelGaynor and @msheatherwebb ~ A Novel of #WWI #HistoricalFiction #BookTwitter
Tag: WW1
#GuestPost from Suzie Hull #Author of Far Across the Ocean @SuzieHull1 @rararesources #HistoricalFiction
It's my pleasure today to welcome Suzie Hull with a guest post, part of the blog tour organised by Rachel's Random Resources. Over to you, Suzie... Hello Cathy and thank you so much for this opportunity to be on your blog and share with you and your readers a little something about my new book … Continue reading #GuestPost from Suzie Hull #Author of Far Across the Ocean @SuzieHull1 @rararesources #HistoricalFiction
Murder in Belgravia: A Mayfair 100 Murder Mystery by Lynn Brittney #HistoricalFiction #Crime
Author: Lynn Brittney Published: March 2018 by Mirror Books Category: Historical Fiction, Murder, Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Set against the backdrop of WW1, Mayfair 100 is the telephone number for a small, specially formed crimebusting team based in a house in Mayfair, London in 1915. Just 10 months into the First World War, the City is flooded … Continue reading Murder in Belgravia: A Mayfair 100 Murder Mystery by Lynn Brittney #HistoricalFiction #Crime
The German Messenger by David Malcolm #Extract @crimewavepress #WW1 #SpyThriller
About the Book Late 1916. Europe is tearing itself apart in the Great War. Harry Draffen, part Greek, part Scottish, British secret agent, cosmopolitan, polyglot, man of violence, is having a bad war. Now he is instructed to uncover a plot by the Central Powers against England. From the slums of East London to an … Continue reading The German Messenger by David Malcolm #Extract @crimewavepress #WW1 #SpyThriller
A House of Ghosts by W.C. Ryan ~ #HistFic #Crime with a supernatural thread @WilliamRyan_ @BonnierZaffre #TuesdayBookBlog
Author: W.C. Ryan Published: October 2018 by Zaffre Category: Historical Fiction, Murder, Crime, Mystery, Espionage, Supernatural, Book Review Winter 1917. As the First World War enters its most brutal phase, back home in England, everyone is seeking answers to the darkness that has seeped into their lives. At Blackwater Abbey, on an island off the … Continue reading A House of Ghosts by W.C. Ryan ~ #HistFic #Crime with a supernatural thread @WilliamRyan_ @BonnierZaffre #TuesdayBookBlog
Guest Post from #author Dr Vivien Newman @worldwarwomen ~ Extraordinary #Women #WW1 #History #SundayBlogShare
Don’t ask a woman her age … and expect the truth That boys lied about their ages to enlist in 1914 is common knowledge. Less well known is that women did too. This blog features two unusual women who felt age was no bar to ‘doing their bit’. In 1917, Mabel Lethbridge was desperate to … Continue reading Guest Post from #author Dr Vivien Newman @worldwarwomen ~ Extraordinary #Women #WW1 #History #SundayBlogShare
The Running Boy
Author: Joel Toombs Published: December 2014 by Joel Toombs Publishing Category: Young Adult, Historical Against the cruel backdrop of scenes no man should have to face, The Running Boy picks out glimmers of what every young man must face, weaving masterful threads of hope and redemption between the carnage and brokenness of the First … Continue reading The Running Boy
Poppies at the Tower
Commemorating the centenary and paying tribute to British and Commonwealth soldiers killed in the First World War, ceramic poppies are ‘planted’ at the Tower of London, each poppy representing a fallen soldier. It’s a fabulous and moving sight.