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Maggie Hope mysteries volume 1
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BARRY AWARD WINNER • Heralding the arrival of a brilliant new heroine, Mr. Churchill’s Secretary captures the drama of an era of unprecedented challenge—and the greatness that rose to meet it.
“With any luck, the adventures of red-haired super-sleuth Maggie Hope will go on forever. . . . Taut, well-plotted, and suspenseful, this is a wartime mystery to sink your teeth into.” —Kate Quinn, New York...
“With any luck, the adventures of red-haired super-sleuth Maggie Hope will go on forever. . . . Taut, well-plotted, and suspenseful, this is a wartime mystery to sink your teeth into.” —Kate Quinn, New York...
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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"Soon to be a PBS Masterpiece series starring Samantha Bond (Downton Abbey) and Francesca Annis (Cranford). Away from the frontlines of World War II, in towns and villages across Great Britain, ordinary women were playing a vital role in their country's war effort. As members of the Women's Institute, an organization with a presence in a third of Britain's villages, they ran canteens and knitted garments for troops, collected tons of rosehips and...
6) Wish me luck
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Pub. Date
1997
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English
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While on an ocean voyage to Canada to escape the air raids in his Liverpool home, twelve-year-old Jaimie Monaghan faces another kind of life-threatening situation.
Pub. Date
c2004, c1973
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English
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1. A new Germany: With Germany buckling under the weight of humiliating defeat and unprecedented economic depression, Adolf Hitler and the Nazis quickly gain power and momentum, while Poland and the rest of the world look on nervously. 2. Distant war: Germany's invasion of Poland forces Britain into war, and the island nation's early defeat brings Winston Churchill into power. Meanwhile, France is next on Hitler's list. 3. France falls: France discovers...
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c2004, c1973
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English
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1. Alone: Though the Battle of Dunkirk successfully rescues nearly 35,000 Allied troops from certain defeat, London's only respite from constant bombing comes when Hitler turns toward Russia. 2. Barbarossa: Having blitzkrieged through Europe, the German Panzers plow deep into Russian territory, only to be stopped by a brutal winter and endless mud. 3. Banzai!: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor and brings America into the war while sweeping its way across...
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"1942.Though she survived the bomb that destroyed her home, Yvonne Rudellat's life is over. She's estranged from her husband, her daughter is busy with war work, and Yvonne--older, diminutive, overlooked--has lost all purpose. Until she's offered a chance to remake herself entirely... The war has taken a turn for the worse, and the men in charge are desperate. So, when Yvonne is recruited as Britain's first female sabotage agent, expectations are...
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c2004, c1973
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English
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1. Whirlwind: Fueled by revenge, the British show their mettle, and with the help of American forces retake the skies and bomb Germany into submission. 2. Tough old gut: Eleven months after Pearl Harbor, Churchill convinces the American forces to join the Allies in taking Italy. After an initial setback in North Africa, the German war machine begins losing its air of invincibility. 3. It's a lovely day tomorrow: After an initial retreat into the...
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Series
Maggie Hope mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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London, 1940. Winston Churchill has just been sworn in, war rages across the Channel, and the threat of a Blitz looms larger by the day. But none of this deters Maggie Hope. She graduated at the top of her college class and possesses all the skills of the finest minds in British intelligence, but her gender qualifies her only to be the newest typist at No. 10 Downing Street. Her indefatigable spirit and remarkable gifts for codebreaking, though, rival...
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Maggie Hope mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
As World War II sweeps the continent and England steels itself against German attack, Maggie Hope, former secretary to Prime Minister Winston Churchill, completes her training to become a spy for MI-5. Spirited, strong-willed, and possessing one of the sharpest minds in government for mathematics and code-breaking, she fully expects to be sent abroad to gather intelligence for the British front. Instead, to her great disappointment, she is dispatched...
Author
Series
Maggie Hope mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Susan Elia MacNeal introduced the remarkable Maggie Hope in her acclaimed debut, Mr. Churchill's Secretary. Now Maggie returns to protect Britain's beloved royals against an international plot--one that could change the course of history. As World War II sweeps the continent and England steels itself against German attack, Maggie Hope, former secretary to Prime Minister Winston Churchill, completes her training to become a spy for MI-5. Spirited,...
Author
Series
Maggie Hope mysteries volume 8
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"American-born spy and code-breaker extraordinaire Maggie Hope must solve a baffling series of murders among a group of captive agents on an isolated Scottish island as the acclaimed World War II mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Susan Elia MacNeal continues. Maggie Hope is being held prisoner on a remote Scottish island with other SOE agents who know too much for the enemy's comfort. All the spies on the island are trained to...
Author
Series
Maggie Hope mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Recruited by a spy organization that is separate even from MI-6 to perform her most dangerous feat yet, American ex-pat Maggie Hope, given a new identity, is parachuted into Berlin where she must ultimately destroy a major part of the German war machine. Original.
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Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
English
Description
It's 1942, and London remains under constant threat of enemy attack. In the Bethnal Green neighborhood of the East End, Nellie Morris counts every day lucky that she emerges from the underground shelters unharmed, her loving family still surrounding her. Three years into the war, she's grateful to hold onto remnants of normalcy. But after a chance encounter with Ray, an American airman stationed nearby, Nellie becomes enchanted with the idea of a...
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