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Code Name Verity
Code Name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
Two young women become unlikely best friends during WWII, until one is captured by the Gestapo. Only in wartime could a stalwart lass from Manchester rub shoulders with a Scottish aristocrat, one a pilot, the other a special operations executive. Yet whenever their paths cross, they complement each other perfectly and before long become devoted to each other. But then a vital mission goes wrong, and one of the... (more)
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The Girl in the Blue Beret
by Bobbie Ann Mason
Inspired by the wartime experiences of her late father-in-law, award-winning author Bobbie Ann Mason has written an unforgettable novel about an American World War II pilot shot down in Occupied Europe.When Marshall Stone returns to his crash site decades later, he finds himself drawn back in time to the brave people who helped him escape from the Nazis. He especially recalls one intrepid girl guide who... (more)
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Black Radishes
by Susan Lynn Meyer
It is March of 1940. The French believe that their army can protect them from Nazi Germany. But is Paris a safe place for Jews? Gustave’s parents don’t think so. Forced to leave behind his best friend, the mischievous Marcel, and his cousin Jean-Paul, Gustave moves with his mother and father to Saint-Georges, a small village in the countryside. During April and May, Nazi Germany invades one country after another.... (more)
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Under A War-Torn Sky: Book 1
Under a War-Torn Sky
by L. M. Elliott
When Henry Forester is shot down during a bombing run over France, the World War II pilot finds himself trapped behind enemy lines. In constant danger of discovery by German soldiers, Henry begins a remarkable journey to freedom. Relying on the kindness of strangers, Henry moves from town to town--traveling by moonlight, never asking questions, or even the names of the people who help him along the way. Through... (more)
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Ports of Call
by Amin Maalouf
The struggles in the Levant after World War II are brought painfully to life in this delicate, compassionate novel. Ossyane, a young Lebanese of both aristocratic Ottoman and humble Armenian origins, goes to Montpellier, France, to study away from the burden of his liberal father's revolutionary ambitions. World War II breaks out and Ossyane is drawn into the Resistance, where he meets Clara, who is Jewish. He... (more)
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The Last Time I Saw Paris
by Lynn Sheene
A stunning debut novel of a young American woman who becomes a spy in Paris during World War II. May 1940. Fleeing a glamorous Manhattan life built on lies, Claire Harris arrives in Paris with a romantic vision of starting anew. But she didn't anticipate the sight of Nazi soldiers marching under the Arc de Triomphe. Her plans smashed by the German occupation, the once- privileged socialite's only option is to... (more)
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For Freedom
The Story of a French Spy
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
A teenager transforms from a schoolgirl to a spy in this true story of heroism in wartime. Suzanne David's everyday life is suddenly shattered in 1940 when a bomb drops on the main square of her hometown, the city of Cherbourg, France, killing a pregnant neighbor right in front of her. Until then the war had seemed far away, not something that would touch her or her teenage friends. Now Suzanne's family is... (more)
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Charlotte Gray
by Sebastian Faulks
From the bestselling author of Birdsong comes Charlotte Gray , the remarkable story of a young Scottish woman who becomes caught up in the effort to liberate Occupied France from the Nazis while pursuing a perilous mission of her own. In blacked-out, wartime London, Charlotte Gray develops a dangerous passion for a battle-weary RAF pilot, and when he fails to return from a daring flight into France she is... (more)
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Chasing Mona Lisa
by Tricia Goyer, Mike Yorkey
It is August 1944 and Paris is on the cusp of liberation. As the soldiers of the Third Reich flee the Allied advance, they ravage the country, stealing countless pieces of art. Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring will stop at nothing to claim the most valuable one of all, the Mona Lisa, as a post-war bargaining chip to get him to South America. Can Swiss OSS agents Gabi Mueller and Eric Hofstadler rescue DaVinci's... (more)
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A Train in Winter
An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France
by Caroline Moorehead
The author of numerous biographies and works of history, including Gellhorn and Human Cargo , Caroline Moorehead has also written for The Telegraph , The Times , and The Independent . The cofounder of a legal advice center for asylum seekers from Africa, she divides her time between England and Italy.
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In This Hospitable Land
by Lynmar Brock Jr.
“It’s your neighbors you must worry about. They might prove deadly when the Brownshirts come with questions and demands. You believe they respect and even love you. Maybe that’s so. But people say and do terrible things if they believe betraying others will keep them safe...”When the Germans invade Belgium in 1940, chemistry professor André Severin fears the worst. His colleagues believe their social and... (more)
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Henderson's Boys: Book 5
The Prisoner
by Robert Muchamore
One of Henderson's best agents is being held captive in Frankfurt. A set of forged record cards could be his ticket to freedom, but might just as easily become his death warrant. A vital mission awaits him in France - if he can find a way to escape.
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For Such a Time (Women of Valor, 1)
by Elsie J. Larson
Readers know of the bravery, boldness, and spirit shown by the thousands of soldiers who fought valiantly during World War II. Lesser known, perhaps, but equally dramatic were the roles that women played in the conflict, both as support from home and as part of the fight near the front lines. For Such a Time, the first novel in Elyse Larson’s WOMEN OF VALOR series explores the lives of two cousins—one French,... (more)
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Troubleshooters: Book 1
The Unsung Hero
by Suzanne Brockmann
After a near-fatal head injury, navy SEAL lieutenant Tom Paoletti catches a terrifying glimpse of an international terrorist in his New England hometown. When he calls for help, the navy dismisses the danger as injury-induced imaginings. In a desperate, last-ditch effort to prevent disaster, Tom creates his own makeshift counterterrorist team, assembling his most loyal officers, two elderly war veterans, a couple... (more)
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Night Soldiers: Book 5
Red Gold
by Alan Furst
Autumn 1941: In a shabby hotel off the place Clichy, the course of the war is about to change. German tanks are rolling toward Moscow. Stalin has issued a decree: All partisan operatives are to strike behind enemy lines—from Kiev to Brittany. Set in the back streets of Paris and deep in occupied France, Red Gold moves with quiet menace as predators from the dark edge of war—arms dealers, lawyers, spies, and... (more)
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Turncoat
by Aaron Elkins
It begins with the appearance of a stranger at his door -- an unwelcome visitor ranting madly about money, death, and forgiveness; a man known all too well to Pete's distraught wife, Lily: her father. The next day the man is dead -- and Lily disappears, leaving a note behind begging Pete not to follow. Now, with a business card from an antiques dealer in Barcelona as his only lead, Pete Simon embarks on a twisted... (more)
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Is Paris Burning?
How Paris Miraculously Escaped Adolf Hitler's Sentence of Death in August 1944
by Larry Collins, Dominique Lapierre
From the bestselling author of The City of Joy comes the dramatic story of the Allied liberation of Paris. Is Paris Burning? reconstructs the network of fateful events--the drama, the fervor, and the triumph--that heralded one of the most dramatic episodes of our time. This bestseller about 1944 Paris is timed to meet the demand for Dominique Lapierre books that will be generated by the March release of his... (more)
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Paris After the Liberation 1944-1949
by Antony Beevor, Artemis Cooper
In this brilliant synthesis of social, political, and cultural history, Antony Beevor and Artemis Cooper present a vivid and compelling portrayal of the City of Lights after its liberation. Paris became the diplomatic battleground in the opening stages of the Cold War. Against this volatile political backdrop, every aspect of life is portrayed: scores were settled in a rough and uneven justice,... (more)
Waiting in the night: A story of the maquis, told by one of its leadersGeorge Reid Millar
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Waiting in the night: A story of the maquis, told by one of its leaders
by George Reid Millar
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France
The Dark Years, 1940-1944
by Julian Jackson
This is the first comprehensive study of the German occupation of France between 1940 and 1944. The author examines the nature and extent of collaboration and resistance, different experiences of Occupation, the persecution of the Jews, intellectual and cultural life under Occupation, and the purge trials that followed. He concludes by tracing the legacy and memory of the Occupation since 1945. Taking in ordinary... (more)

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