Night Trains - Softcover

Wood, Barbara; Wootton, Gareth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1596528621 ISBN 13: 9781596528628

Verlag: Turner, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Wood Barbara Wootton Gareth

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Críticas:

"Strongly dramatic...tightly plotted." -- Publishers Weekly

"A master storyteller storyteller. She never fails to leave the reader enthralled." --Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, author of A Woman of Independent Means

"An accomplished storyteller." --John Jakes, New York Times bestselling author

"Wood shows herself a wizard at juggling action and romance, maintaining the momentum and sparkle of both." --Kirkus Reviews

"Wood makes her fiction come alive with authentic detailing and highly memorable characters." --Booklist

"Barbara Wood is an entertainer." --Washington Post Book World

"Entertainment fiction at its best." --Booklist

"Wood creates genuine, engaging characters whose stories are fascinating." --Library Journal

Reseña del editor:

An unforgettable account of how an entire town in Poland resists the devastating blow of the occupying Nazi forces, using wit, courage, and determination as its only weapons.

Occupied by the Germans, the strategically located town of Sofia, Poland, stands on the brink of annihilation in 1941. As every arrest and execution brings total obliteration closer to reality, two medical doctors devise an ingenious plan — to stage a typus epidemic that will force the Nazis to evacuate. The locals and their enemy swiftly become enmeshed in what soon becomes the most daring act of resistance in World War II. Jan Szukalski—A brilliant doctor, he masterminds the hoax with his partner, Mary Duszynska, whose work binds them together more strongly than love itself. Maximillian Hartung—A German officer, he is ruthless in his lust for personal power and determined to win Hitler's personal attention by breaking the resistance in Sofia. David Ryz—A young Jewish leader of a zealous band of partisans, he helps incite the town to violence and unwittingly puts the medical hoax in jeopardy. Gripping and powerful, Night Trains brilliantly illuminates the classic conflict between active and passive resistance in one town's fight for survival.

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• Verlag: Turner
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1596528621
• ISBN 13: 9781596528628
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 278