Bøger om World War One period

Critics of war are often labeled treasonous lunatics. Even those who are critical of the government are scrutinized and dragged through the mud. Young men and women volunteer to fight wars on their nation's behalf, and we should commend them for their actions, but we should question the steps to board ships and planes bound for foreign soil before their military service is required.Major General Smedley Butler was a 2x Medal of Honor recipient and an advocate for those he lead to war. His legacy is rich with valor in combat but also the bureaucratic fight on the homefront. From exposing war-profiteering to campaigning for veterans benefits that provide returning US troops with rich opportunities in the present day, "Old Gimlet Eye" was an American hero you surely did not read about in school."War is a racket, it always has been," and it still is.

First published in 1946, "Zorba the Greek," is, on one hand, the story of a Greek working man named Zorba, a passionate lover of life, the unnamed narrator who he accompanies to Crete to work in a lignite mine, and the men and women of the town where they settle. On the other hand it is the story of God and man, The Devil and the Saints; the struggle of men to find their souls and purpose in life and it is about love, courage and faith.

“Et must-read”- The Economist I sin anmelderroste bestseller fortæller James Hawes historien om Europas mest beundrede og frygtede land, hele vejen fra Julius Cæsar til Angela Merkel. Med mere end 100 kort og billeder giver bogen et friskt, kortfattet og underholdende forsøg på at svare på spørgsmålene: Hvad er Tyskland? Ser landet mod vest eller øst? Er det overhovedet ét land? “Et fremragende og elegant skrevet overblik over Tysklands historie fra jernalderen til Angela Merkel. Autoritativ og tilgængelig”- The New European “En seriøs, velresearchet og radikal gentænkning af de store linjer i Tysklands politiske liv”- Nicholas Boyle, professor i tysk, Cambridge University “Levende og vidtfavnende. Jeg kender ingen bedre gennemgang af historien om dette fantastiske land”- Philip Pullman

I Blomstrende syrener lod læserne sig rive med af virkelighedens Caroline Ferriday. I Martha Hall Kellys kommende bog møder vi Carolines lige så virkelige mor Eliza i tiden lige inden første verdenskrig. Året er 1914, og verden har stået på tærsklen til krig så mange gange, at det ikke fylder det store for Eliza Ferriday. Hun er spændt på en nært forestående rejse fra New York til Sankt Petersborg i selskab med Sofya Streshnayva, som er kusine af Romanov-familien. De to lærte for flere år siden hinanden at kende i Paris og blev hurtigt hinandens fortrolige. Nu stævner Eliza ud på sit livs rejse til Sofyas hjemland for selv at opleve al Ruslands pragt. Men da Østrig erklærer Serbien krig, og det russiske zarimperium begynder at falde, undslipper Eliza med nød og næppe tilbage til Amerika, mens Sofya og hendes familie må skjule sig på deres landsted, hvor de ansætter Varinka, en lokal ung pige, som hushjælp. Samtidig gør Eliza alt hvad hun kan for at hjælpe den russiske familie i sikkerhed på vej væk fra revolutionen. Men da hun pludselig ikke længere hører fra Sofya, frygter hun det værste for sin bedste veninde. Hvor er den russiske familie? Har Varinka noget med det at gøre? Og hvad er Eliza i stand til at udrette, når Atlanterhavet skiller hende og Sofya? Fra Sankt Petersborgs travle gader til de parisiske avenuer følger vi Eliza, Sofya og Varinka, hvis veje krydses i et af verdenshistoriens mest afgørende øjeblikke.

Fra en af verdens største forfattere kommer fortællingen om Violeta del Valle, en kvinde hvis liv bærer vidne til de største begivenheder i det tyvende århundrede.Violeta kommer til verden på en blæsende dag i 1920 som den første datter i en familie med fem højlydte sønner. Fra begyndelsen tegnes hendes liv af store begivenheder, da den spanske syge rammer hendes hjemlands kyster i Sydamerika, mens familien stadig mærker efterdønningerne af første verdenskrig. Men selvom familien slipper igennem denne krise uden mén, venter der store forandringer, da Den Store Depression rammer og berøver Violetas slægt alt, hvad de ejer. De tvinges til at flytte langt ud på landet til en smuk, men øde egn. Her vokser hun op, og en dag kommer hendes første bejler til familiens hjem. Violeta fortæller sin historie gennem et brev til en, som hun elsker højere end nogen anden. Heri beskriver hun både knuste hjerter og passionerede kærlighedsaffærer, fattigdom og velstand, forfærdelige tab og stor lykke. Kampen for kvinders rettigheder, tyranners storhed og fald, livstruende sygdom, kærlighed og krig – alt sammen er det en del af fortællingen, der udgør Violetas liv. Med Violeta er Isabel Allende tilbage i episk, storslået form.

Når vi ikke længere forstår verden er en roman om banebrydende videnskabelige opdagelsers skønhed og destruktivitet, om hvordan enkelte mennesker beskriver det uforståelige uden selv helt at forstå, og store intellekters bevægelser i gråzonen mellem skabelse og død.Albert Einstein modtager et brev fra Østfronten. På bagsiden af kuverten finder han det endelige bevis for den generelle relativitetsteori – men også et varsel om dens apokalyptiske konsekvenser. Fritz Haber opfinder sennepsgassen og dræber dermed en hel generation i skyttegravene under første verdenskrig, men et halvt år eft er modtager han Nobelprisen for sine kvælstofopdagelser, der har kapacitet til at afslutte hungersnød verden over.Van Goghs genialitet, Hermann Görings sidste timer, silkesommerfuglen, gift - gassen Zyklon B der dræbte millioner af internerede under anden verdenskrig, og helt almindelig gødning. Alle væves de sammen i Benjamín Labatuts roman om nogle af det tyvende århundredes største opdagelser, og hvordan de er forbundet.Når vi ikke længere forstår verden er en enestående bog om videnskabens kvantespring og disses konsekvenser. Romanen bygger på historiske fakta og virkelige personer og undersøger genialitet og besættelse balanceret på en knivsæg mellem det muliges og umuliges kunst.

Historisk roman om kærlighed, tab og sprogets magt. Med kvindebevægelsen som bagtæppe udforsker romanen de skjulte liv, der udspiller sig mellem linjerne i en historie skrevet af mænd.Esme bliver født ind i en verden af ord. Som det moderløse barn hun er, tilbringer hun størstedelen af sin barndom i Skriptoriet: det haveskur i Oxford, hvor hendes far og et dedikeret hold af leksikografer indsamler ord til den allerførste udgave af Oxford English Dictionary. Men Esme opdager, at det ikke er alle ord, der finder vej ind i det toneangivende storværk, og hun begynder at indsamle dem, der er blevet glemt eller afvist af de lærde mænd – typisk dem, der knytter sig til kvinders oplevelser. Hun skjuler ordene i en gammel kasse, og langsomt begynder en helt ny ordbog at tage form: De glemte ords bog. Og den tegner et ganske andet billede af virkeligheden end den, hun er vokset op med.De glemte ords bog er inspireret af virkelige hændelser, og Pip Williams er dykket dybt ned i Oxford English Dictionarys arkiver for at fortælle denne tankevækkende historie om sprogets evne til at forme den verden, vi lever i.

Ny selvstændig udgave med nyt forord.I Herre og hund skriver Thomas Mann et kærligt og humoristisk portræt af sin hund Bauschan, der boede hos familien i en årrække, og som familiens ellers strenge overhoved elskede og passede med stor ømhed og tog med på lange spadsereture.Bogen er en lille litterær perle, og på eminent vis indfanger den store tyske forfatter det særlige forhold, der altid hersker mellem hunden og dens ejer: en endeløs og ubetinget kærlighed. Thomas Mann er familiens overhoved, og Bauschan gør alt, hvad der står i dens magt for at opnå patriarkens kærlighed og gunst.Herre og hund udkommer for første gang på dansk i en selvstændig udgave. Bogen er med forord af Tysklandskender og hundeejer Lykke Friis.

I 1999 fandt man blot 700 meter fra toppen af Mount Everest det dybfrosne lig af den legendariske engelske bjergbestiger George Mallory, der forsvandt i 1924. Tre gange forsøgte han at bestige verdens højeste bjerg, tredje gang blev ulykkens gang. Både han og hans klatremakker Andrew Irvine omkom på bjerget. Liget af Irvine er aldrig blevet fundet, heller ikke Mallorys kamera. Måske indeholder det billeder fra toppen og dermed beviset for, at Mallory blev den første på verdens tag næsten 30 år før Sir Edmund Hillary. ÆRENS VEJE er den dramatiske historie om George Mallory, født i 1886 og uddannet på Cambridge University. Han kæmpede på Vestfronten under Første Verdenskrig, og var hele sit liv en fænomenal bjergbestiger. På spørgsmålet om, hvorfor han ville bestige Mount Everest, svarede han: ”Fordi det ligger der.””Hvis der var en nobelpris i fortællekunst, ville Archer få den.” Daily Telegraph

The sweeping new novel from New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden.'A wonderful clash of fire and ice ... A book you won't want to let go of.' Diana Gabaldon'A spectacular tour de force ... I love this book so much and want everyone to read it!' Naomi Novik'Well-researched and beautifully written, this is a compelling, memorable novel.' The Guardian'Darkly beautiful and deeply humane ... The Warm Hands of Ghosts will stir your heart, and settle into your bones.' Ava Reid'Visionary, imaginative and brilliantly written.' Anthony Horowitz'This exquisite novel took me over like a haunting ... One of the best historical fantasies I've ever read' Emma Törzs'A historical fantasy that will touch the hearts of many readers' Fantasy Hive______________World War One, and as shells fall in Flanders, a Canadian nurse searches for her brother believed dead in the trenches despite eerie signs that suggest otherwise in this gripping and powerful historical novel from the bestselling author of The Bear and the Nightingale.January 1918. Laura Iven has been discharged from her duties as a nurse and sent back to Halifax, Canada, leaving behind a brother still fighting in the trenches of the First World War. Now home, she receives word of Freddie's death in action along with his uniform -but something doesn't quite make sense. Determined to find out more, Laura returns to Belgium as a volunteer at a private hospital. Soon after arriving, she hears whispers about ghosts moving among those still living and a strange inn-keeper whose wine gives soldiers the gift of oblivion. Could this have happened to Freddie - but if so, where is he?November 1917. Freddie Iven awakens after an explosion to find himself trapped under an overturned pillbox with an enemy soldier, a German, each of them badly wounded. Against all odds, the two men form a bond and succeed in clawing their way out. But once in No Man's Land, where can either of them turn where they won't be shot as enemy soldiers or deserters? As the killing continues, they meet a man - a fiddler - who seems to have the power to make the hellscape that surrounds them disappear. But at what price?A novel of breath-taking scope and drama, of compulsive readability, of stunning historical research lightly worn, and of brilliantly drawn characters who will make you laugh and break your heart in a single line, The Warm Hands of Ghosts is a book that will speak to readers directly about the trauma of war and the power of those involved to love, endure and transcend it.______________More love for The Warm Hands of Ghosts . . .'Immersive and timeless, and an ode to the enduring power of memory.' Vaishnavi Patel'A page-turner of the highest order ... A haunting, fantastic read!' Helene Wecker'I absolutely devoured it!' Santa Montefiore'Wonderful storytelling. Inventive, haunting and deeply moving.' Sarah Winman'An exquisite, brilliant gem of a story.' Conn Iggulden'Simply stunning.' Kate Quinn'Absolutely incredible; I had chills all through reading it.' Shannon Chakraborty'A sweeping, fantastical tour-de-force of a novel.' I Newspaper'Arden's prose is full of emotion... an unforgettable, inspiring read.' Historical Novel Society'Arden's gripping historical fantasy will draw readers in and keep them engaged.' Library Journal, starred review'Lyrically beautiful prose, a brave heroine and a story shot through with the darkness of war' Daily Mail'Eerie and fanciful, yet gruesomely down-to-earth.' The Spectator'Mixing historical fiction with the paranormal, this haunting, atmospheric tale of separated siblings is a real gem of a book.' Heat Magazine'A gripping tale of loss, mystery, ghosts and queer romance.' BBC Culture Online

Fortiden smelter sammen med nutiden i Gill Pauls uforglemmelige fortælling. Den forsvundne datter er både en hjertegribende love story og et medrivende mysterium.Rusland, 1918. Smukke, livlige Maria Romanov, den faldne zars 19-årige datter, lever i fangenskab med sin familie langt væk fra sin tidligere royale tilværelse. Hendes eneste fornøjelse er lidt flygtig og forsigtig flirten med to af vagterne. Hun har ingen anelse om at hendes uskyldige tilnærmelser kan betyde forskellen på liv og død.Australien, 1973. På sit dødsleje gentager Val Doyles far den samme vending: "jeg ønskede ikke at slå hende ihjel!" Val bliver både urolig og nysgerrig over farens betroelser. Hvad taler han om? Da hun kortlægger sin egen mors forsvinden mange år tidligere, bliver hun trukket ind i et af verdenshistoriens største mysterier. Hvad skete der egentlig med Maria Romanov?Den forsvundne datter er en selvstændig opfølger til Gill Pauls Zarens datter.

Af og til sker det, at noget – en person eller en begivenhed – får mig til at tvivle på denne verdens videnskabelige forklarlighed. En sådan begivenhed fandt sted, da jeg en morgen for nogle år siden sad på Bagatelle, min rundt- om-hjørnet-café i Nice, for at indtage den traditionelle cappuccino og dagens første varme croissant. Det startede med, at en britisk soldat satte sig ved mit bord og spurgte: Tror du på genfødsler?Denne bog er beretningen om den historie, en helt fremmed mand ved navn Andrew Thompson over nogle måneder fortalte mig, mens jeg drak min morgenkaffe.
Hvem fanden var Andrew Thompson? Lars Ørlund (1948) har gennem mere end tredive år arbejdet og boet i Asien, Afrika og Sydamerika. Han
har deltaget i tre krige og som journalist produceret artikler, samt mere end 250 radio- og tv-programmer fra verdens brændpunkter. Han har desuden skrevet ere end 20 bøger bl.a. afrikaromanen Himlens klare stjerne og ikke mindst trilogien Kapring over Kairo, Blackjack og Den Serbiske Forbindelse.Han har ernæret sig som gamewarden og storvildtjæger på de afrikanske savanner og gennem længere perioder boet blandt nogle af klodens sidste naturfolk.
Privat er han ivrig dykker, jæger og sker og opholder sig i både Danmark, Storbritannien og Sydafrika.

Alice Winn har begået en storslået debut om forbudt kærlighed med første verdenskrig som dystert bagtæppe. En fortælling fra idylliske kostskoler og iskolde skyttegrave, hvor unge mænd falder som fluer og heltemod er en dyd, der ikke belønnes.England, 1914. Vestfronten har allerede krævet sine første mange ofre. Krigens tragedie og vold føles dog meget langt væk for Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellword og resten af deres klassekammerater, trygt isoleret som de er på deres kostskole. For dem synes krigen dragende, særligt de daglige avisrapporteringer om deres ældre klassekammeraters heltemodige død .Gaunt, der er halvt tysk, kæmper sin egen indre kamp i form af en altopslugende forelskelse i sin bedste ven, den glamourøse, charmerende Ellwood – uvidende om, at forelskelsen er gengældt. Da Gaunts familie beordrer ham til at lade sig hverve til britisk tjeneste, gør han det uden at tøve, lettet over chancen for at flygte fra sine overvældende følelser for Ellwood. Til Gaunts store rædsel slutter Ellwood sig til ham ved fronten, og resten af deres klassekammerater følger snart efter. Døden er pludselig en dyster realitet, ofte kun få centimeter væk, og ingen ved, hvem der bliver dens næste offer.De sårede og de faldne er en gribende fortælling om krigens altødelæggende tragedier og forbudt kærlighed.

Internationally bestselling author Dilly Court writing as Lily Baxter returns with another emotional, heart-pounding saga set in World War II England.In 1939, thirteen-year-old Poppy is forced to evacuate her London home and flee to a grand country house on the coast of England. Alone and frightened, she arrives with only a set of clothes, a gas mask, and memories of the family she left behind, whom she may never see again. But the cruel inhabitants of the house make life a misery for her, and she longs for the love she once took for granted.The years pass, the endless war rages on, and Poppy grows into a lovely young woman determined to do her part. Training as a nurse, she meets a dashing pilot who captures her heart and, for the first time in years, reminds her of life before the war.While England battles over land, sea, and sky, Poppy must fight every day to gain the family she's always wanted, to find the love she's been missing, and to discover who she truly is.

The Silent Watchers, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable book falls within the genres of History, General and Eastern Hemisphere

This book considers a relatively unknown series of actions of the victorious Hundred Days of 1918: the operations at the River Selle.

A historical portrait of one woman's quest for happiness amid a lifetime of bad men. There Are Victories is a proto-feminist, anti-Bildungsroman that explores the intersections of misogyny, class, religion, and prejudice within upper class Anglo-Montreal and New York City society before, during, and after WWI. Originally published in 1933, There Are Victories takes up the catastrophe of the home front and the ways in which the life--and happiness--of the novel's protagonist, Ruth Courtney, is continually undermined by the bad behaviour of men. This new edition features a foreword by Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Johanna Skibsrud.

The state of Missouri played a unique role in World War I-as the birthplace of Gen. John J. Pershing, the commanding officer of the American Expeditionary Forces, and Maj. Gen. Enoch Crowder, the primary author of the military draft-and it is an impressive legacy featuring a colorful cast of characters, events, and communities. Missouri was home to two flying aces of the war as well as Bennett Champ Clark, the youngest colonel in the American Expeditionary Forces and the first national commander of the American Legion. During the war, the state was home to farms and ranches that provided an army of mules that assisted Allied forces in hauling critical materials and equipment in the harshest of conditions. Additionally, 156,000 of the state's citizens served in the military with approximately 10,000 wounded or killed in action.

Major Hesketh Vernon Prichard, later Hesketh-Prichard DSO MC FRGS FZS was an India-born British explorer, adventurer, writer, big-game hunter, marksman, and cricketer who contributed to sniping practice within the British Army during the First World War. Concerned not only with improving the quality of marksmanship, the measures he introduced to counter the threat of German snipers were credited by a contemporary with saving the lives of over 3,500 Allied soldiers.Hesketh-Prichard eventually gained official support for his campaign, and in August 1915, he was given permission to proceed with formalized sniper training. By November of that year, his reputation was such that he was in high demand from many units. In December, he was ordered, on General Allenby's request, to the Third Army School of Instruction and was made a general staff officer with the rank of captain. On January 1, 1916, he was mentioned in dispatches.His friend George Gray, himself a champion shooter, told him that he had reduced sniping casualties from five a week per battalion to forty-four in three months in sixty battalions; by his reckoning, this meant that Hesketh-Prichard had saved over 3,500 lives. He was promoted to major in November 1916. By this time in the war, his contributions to sniping had been such that the former German superiority in the practice had now been reversed.

What happened to Anastasia's sister Maria?1918: Pretty, vivacious Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, the nineteen-year-old daughter of the fallen Tsar Nicholas II, lives with her family in suffocating isolation, a far cry from their once-glittering royal household. Her days are a combination of endless boredom and paralyzing fear; her only respite are clandestine flirtations with a few of the guards imprisoning the family?and she never realizes her innocent actions could mean the difference between life and death.1973: When Val Doyle hears her father's end-of-life confession, ?I didn't want to kill her,? she's stunned. So she begins a search for the truth?about his words and her past. The clues she discovers are baffling?a jewel-encrusted box that won't open and a camera with its film intact. What she finds out pulls Val into one of the world's greatest mysteries: What truly happened to Grand Duchess Maria?

Der junge Handelskaufmann Albert Röber, Inhaber eines kleinen Kolonialwarenladens in Leipzig, wird 1914 zum Kriegsdienst eingezogen. Das Geschäft überlässt er einstweilen seiner Verlobten Elsa Müller. Heiraten wird man, sobald der Krieg aus ist ¿ es kann ja wohl nicht lange dauern. Einstweilen wird man sich schreiben, und zwar jeden Tag!Aber dann¿Hunderte Karten und Briefe werden zwischen Sommer 1914 und Herbst 1918 zwischen den beiden gewechselt. 1915 hat Albert begonnen, seine Karten mit humoristischen Bildchen zum Kriegsgeschehen, zur Politik, zum Soldatenleben zu illustrieren, die er gekonnt aus Illustrierten abzeichnet. Aber auch wenn es schwer fällt, muss er einsehen, dass das Versprechen, sich täglich zu schreiben, auf Dauer nur schwer einzuhalten ist. Der Umstand aber, dass geschriebene Worte kein Gespräch ersetzen und nur zu leicht Missverständnisse hervorrufen können, beginnt für beide bald ein Problem zu werden¿Alberts erhaltene Postkarten von der Front erzählen authentisch, tragisch und zugleich auch komisch die Geschichte der Trennung eines jungen Paares in Kriegszeiten.

Some Experiences In Hungary: August 1914 To January 1915 is a book authored by Mina MacDonald and published in 1916. The book is a personal account of the author's experiences during her stay in Hungary from August 1914 to January 1915, which was the period of the First World War. The author narrates her observations and experiences of the war and its impact on the Hungarian people. She describes the daily life of the people, their struggles, and the changes that the war brought to their lives. The book also includes the author's reflections on the political situation in Hungary at that time. The author provides an intimate and compelling account of her experiences in Hungary during a tumultuous time in history. The book is a valuable historical document that offers insights into the impact of war on ordinary people's lives.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

To look at one was to see the other. For family, even the girls' own father, it was a constant guessing game. For strangers, the surprise was overwhelming. And for the twins Olivia and Victoria Henderson, two remarkable young women coming of age at the turn of the century, their bond was mysterious, marvelous, and often playful--a secret realm only they inhabited.Olivia and Victoria were the beloved daughters of a man who never fully recovered from his wife's death bearing them in 1893. Shy, serious Olivia, born eleven minutes before her sister, had taken over the role of mother in their lush New York estate, managing not only a household but her rebellious twin's flights of fancy. Free-spirited Victoria wanted to change the world. She embraced the women's suffrage movement and dreamed of sailing to war-torn Europe. Then, in the girls' twenty-first year, as the first world war escalated overseas, a fateful choice changed their lives forever.It began when Victoria's life was about to become a public scandal. It led to a painful decision, and brought handsome lawyer Charles Dawson into the Henderson's life and family. Hand-picked by the twins' father to save his daughter's reputation, Charles was still mourning his wife's death aboard the Titanic, struggling to raise his nine year-old son alone, determined never to lose his heart again. Charles wanted to believe that, for the sake of his son, he could make an unwanted marriage work. But in an act of deception that only Olivia and Victoria could manage, the twins took an irrevocable step, which changed both their lives forever; and took one of the twins to the battlefields of France, the other into a marriage she longed for but could not have.From Manhattan society to the trenches of war-ravaged France, Mirror Image moves elegantly and dramatically through a rich and troubled era. With startling insight, Danielle Steel explores women's choices: between home and adventure, between the love for family and the passion for a cause, between sacrifice and desire. But at the heart of Mirror Image is a fascinating, realistic portrait of identical twins, two vastly different sisters who lead their lives and follow their destinies against a vivid backdrop of a world at war.

This masterpiece of war literature that will change your perspective on life and humanity.** Follow the journey of Paul, a young German soldier who enlists in World War I with his friends, full of enthusiasm and patriotism. But soon, he faces the horrors of the trenches, where death, disease, and despair lurk at every corner. He witnesses the brutality and futility of war, and he vows to resist the hatred that makes him kill his fellow human beings, who are just like him, except for their uniforms. This book is a powerful and moving portrait of the suffering, the courage, and the longing for peace of a generation that was sacrificed for a senseless conflict. It is widely regarded as the best war novel of all time, and it has been adapted into an Oscar-winning movie that you can watch on Netflix.