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Lovely War
by Julie Berry
When immortals Ares and Aphrodite are caught in a World War II-era tryst by the latter's jealous husband, she defends her actions by imparting the tale of four young humans who became connected during World War I
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Waiting for Sunrise
by William Boyd
Wrongly accused of rape, Lysander Rief, a young English actor, finds his life taking a dangerous turn when the men who help him escape a conviction recruit him for a lethal mission that leads him to a traitor who is linked to his family in a cruel twist of fate.
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Cavendon Hall
by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Cavendon Hall is home to two families, the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them, just as their ancestors did over the centuries. Charles Ingham, the sixth Earl of Mowbray, lives there with his wife Felicity and their six children: Guy, the heir, who is studying at Cambridge; their younger son Miles, attending Eton; and their four daughters Diedre, Daphne, DeLacy and Dulcie, affectionately called the Four Dees by the staff. Walter Swann, the premier male of the Swann family, is valet to the earl. His wife Alice, a clever seamstress, who is in charge of the countess's wardrobe, also makes clothes for the four daughters. For centuries, these two families have lived side-by-side, beneath the backdrop of the imposing Yorkshire manor. But now, with World War I looming, these two families will find themselves tested in ways they never thought possible. Loyalties are tested and betrayals are set into motion. In this time of uncertainty, one thing is sure: these two families will never be the same again. Set over a period of sixteen years (from 1913 to 1929), Cavendon Hall is Barbara Taylor Bradford at her very best.
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At the Edge of Summer
by Jessica Brockmole
Spending a summer in a French château in the aftermath of her father's death and mother's disappearance, 15-year-old Clare befriends her hosts' son, who she reencounters years later during World War I as an angry and devastatingly wounded soldier.
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We That Are Left
by Clare Clark
Coming of age in the shadow of their adored brother, two women of privilege respectively dream of visiting London and pursuing a university education before their lives are transformed by a physics prodigy during World War I.
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The Dust That Falls From Freams
by Louis De Bernières
The Edwardian-era friendship shared among the four McCosh sisters and their neighbors in the London countryside is indelibly changed by the realities of World War I and its aftermath.
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The Empire of the Senses
by Alexis Landau
A novel of duty to family and country set in the politically charged climate of 1920s Berlin follows the Pearlmutter family as they experience cultural loss, romantic awakening, and ethnic hatred.
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The Winter Soldier
by Daniel Mason
A young doctor and nurse fall in love while navigating the brutal realities of World War I at an underequipped and understaffed field hospital in the Carpathian Mountains.
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The Last Town on Earth
by Thomas Mullen
Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a mill town called Commonwealth votes to quarantine itself in the wake of the 1918 flu pandemic, setting up guards to prevent anyone from coming in or out, but a violent confrontation with a tired, hungry, and cold soldier will have devastating repercussions for the entire town.
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The Summer Before the War
by Helen Simonson
Arriving in the 1914 village of Rye, England, Beatrice Nash, a young woman of good family, becomes a first female teacher of Latin at the local school and falls in love with her sponsor's nephew.
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A Duty to the Dead
by Charles Todd
Bess Crawford, a nurse in World War I, promises Lieutenant Arthur Graham that she will deliver his dying request to his brother, a request that is treated with skepticism, leading Bess to carry it out herself, putting her own life at risk for Arthur's sake.
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