Bøger i Historical Fiction serien

During World War II, 15-year-old Tommy Yamamoto and his family are forced into the Manzanar internment camp for Japanese Americans. While there, an elderly internee is attacked, and one of the camp's guards is charged with the crime. Tommy sets out to solve the crime and discovers some unlikely suspects.

The British are coming! Fourteen-year-old Daniel wants to join the militia and fight against the redcoats. His father wants him to stay in Concord, Massachusetts, and help run the blacksmith shop. Daniel thinks the job is pointless, until he finds a secret stash of weapons in the shop's back room. Now, he must protect the weapons from the British, or the American Revolution could be over before it begins.

Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano.1936. Un vagabundo borracho encuentra a un joven moribundo al borde de un camino y decide ayudarle al descubrir de quién se trata. A partir de ese momento, seguimos la vida del joven que pudo ser poeta, dramaturgo, víctima o superviviente. Una deliciosa trama de ficción pseudohistórica que fue adaptada al cine por Miguel Hermoso.Fernando Marías es un escritor español nacido en Bilbao en 1958. Se le considera uno de los autores más prolíficos y premiados de la actualidad en España. Su obra, mayormente en narrativa, ha obtenido numerosos premios entre los que se cuentan el Nadal, con El niño de los coroneles (2001); el Anaya, con Cielo abajo (2005); el Gran Angular, con Zara y el librero de Bagdad (2008); el Primavera, con Todo el amor y casi toda la muerte (2010) o el Biblioteca Breve, con La isla del padre (2015).

May 1940 - Paris. On the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Claire hears the devastating news: the German army has invaded her homeland, and her beloved Paris has fallen. Within months, her life is turned upside-down. She takes in an orphaned Jewish toddler only days before her beloved German-born husband Remy is forcibly conscripted into the Nazi army. In desperation she connects with other young members of the French Resistance, determined to fight back in whatever way she can. Armed only with her wits and her 35mm camera, she looks for the one photograph that will expose the Nazi horror for what it is. When her rebellion is discovered and Claire is sent to Auschwitz, she knows her moment has arrived. A Nazi officer, hiding in the shadows of Auschwitz, commits an unspeakable atrocity, a war crime. Can Claire help bring down the beast who emerged from Auschwitz? Or will her secret evidence die with her as the SS hunts her down?The Point of Light is part of the Historical Fiction series, a collection of John Ellsworth wartime novels. If you love page-turners with thrills, clandestine plotting and a dash of romance, dive into these books today! From USA TODAY bestseller, John Ellsworth.AMAZON HAS SAID, "WE ARE INSPIRED BY THE SUCCESS OF THIS WRITER AND HOW HE IS DELIGHTING READERS"--AMAZON PRESS RELEASE 10/15/18