Tag Archives: Nazis

Winged Warriors

Posted on January 12, 2024 by dianeledet

The Long Flight Home by Alan Hlad is an exceptional historical fiction novel based on a true story. What makes this out of the ordinary is it’s about homing pigeons which were trained to deliver messages between occupied Europe and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alan Hlad, England, France, historical nonfiction, homing pigeons, London blitz, Maine, Nazis, The Long Flight Home, truffles, World War II | Leave a comment

Kindness

Posted on May 20, 2023 by dianeledet

I don’t often read or write reviews of young adult books, but I think these books are so well written each with an important, underlying, universal theme that I decided to share them with you. After reading both, I discovered … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged birth defects, books nonfiction nonfiction, fifth grade, France, history, junior high school literature, kindness, Nazis, R J Palacio, the Holocaust, White Bird, Wonder, World War II | Leave a comment

Portrait of the Past

Posted on March 11, 2023 by dianeledet

The Paris Apartment by Kelly Bowen totally took me by surprise and left me in awe of this author whose work I’ve never read before. Subsequent to the death of her elderly grandmother, Aurelia inherits an apartment in Paris. Upon … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1940's Paris, art, art restoration, Books, England, France, Gehring, historical fiction, Hitler, Kelly Bowen, Nazi sympathizers, Nazis, Paris, the French Resistance, the Paris apartment, the Paris Ritz, World War II, World war II reparations | 2 Comments

Hidden Agenda

Posted on August 29, 2021 by dianeledet

My Name is Eva by Suzanne Goldring is a fictional novel told in the voice of a 95-year-old woman named Evelyn who resides in a care home for the elderly in England. As in many current books, the author shifts … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged books WWII, England, fictional book, Germany, historical fiction, my name is Eva, Nazis, Poland, Suzanne Goldring, War, war widow | Leave a comment

Underground Art

Posted on February 20, 2021 by dianeledet

The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel is a fictional novel about Eva, a young Jewish woman living in Paris with her immigrant Polish parents during World War Two. When Eva is informed of imminent Nazi occupation of Paris … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Books, Forgers, France, french resistance, Germany, historical fiction, Kristin Harmel, Nazis, the book of lost names, WWII | Leave a comment

Hunted

Posted on November 23, 2020 by dianeledet

A Bookshop in Berlin: The rediscovered memoir of one woman’s harrowing escape from the Nazis by Francoise Frenkel is the true story of the Jewish author’s desperate struggle to escape capture by the Nazis during World War II. Told in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged a bookshop in Berlin, Books, France, Francoise Frenkel, Germany, Italy, memoir, Nazis, non-fiction, Paris, Switzerland, WWII | 3 Comments

A Man For His Time

Posted on November 2, 2020 by dianeledet

I have long been fascinated by Winston Churchill and the new book about him, The Splendid And the Vile by Erik Larson is outstanding. This book covers the time just prior to and during the Blitz in World War Two. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Books, England, Erik Larson, Germany, history, Japan, London, Nazis, non-fiction, Pearl Harbor, Russia, the splendid and the vile, Winston Churchill, World War 2, WWII | 2 Comments

The Storms

Posted on September 19, 2019 by dianeledet

Sophie’s Choice by William Styron is a well-known Top 150 Novel of the last century. Styron wrote two novels on the list and I’ve come to love his work. After reading about Styron’s life, I realize he used much of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Banned books, Books, concentration camps, Germany, mental illness, Nazis, New York City, nonfiction, Poland, prejudice, Sophie’s Choice, top 150, William Styron, World War 2 | 6 Comments

Corruption

Posted on February 20, 2018 by dianeledet

Prussian Blue is the first novel I have read by Philip Kerr. It is a 2018 Edgar Award nominee. After reading it, I understand why! Based in Germany, Austria, and the French Riviera, this story of intrigue covers two eras … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Austria, Books, Germany, Historical crime fiction, Hitler, martin Bormann, Mystery, Nazis, Philip Kerr, Prussian Blue, the French Riviera, thriller, world war two | 5 Comments

Bang!

Posted on August 31, 2017 by dianeledet

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys is a Young Adult historical fiction recommended to me by my friend Joan. Although this is an excellent novel, I wouldn’t recommend it for children in grammar school or junior high. The story … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Baltic Sea, Books, Germany. Poland. Lithuania, historical fiction, Nazis, Russia, Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea, wilhelm gustloff, world war two | Leave a comment