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In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city center, where expectant mothers who have come down with the terrible new flu are quarantined together. Into Julia's regimented world step two outsiders - Doctor Kathleen Lynn, a rumored Rebel on the run from the police, and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney. In the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward, over three days, these women change each other's lives in unexpected ways.

Janvier 1917. Cinq soldats français condamnés à mort en conseil de guerre, aux bras liés dans le dos. Toute une nuit et tout un jour, ils ont tenté de survivre. Le plus jeune était un Bleuet, il n'avait pas vingt ans. A l'autre bout de la France, Mathilde, vingt ans elle aussi, plus désarmée que quiconque, aimait un Bleuet d'un amour à l'épreuve de tout. La paix venue, elle va se battre pour connaître la vérité et le retrouver, mort ou vivant, dans le labyrinthe où elle l'a perdu.

В девяти километрах от передовой стоит воинская часть Пауля Боймера и его товарищей Альберта Кроппа, Мюллера V и Леера. Всем четверым по девятнадцать лет, все четверо из одного класса, все четверо еще вчера были школьниками, все четверо сегодня солдаты.

It is 1914, and Maria, a shy teenager, is appointed to Buckingham Palace as a seamstress for the royal family. There, she is lucky enough to meet the prince of Wales and is soon captivated by his glamour and intensity. But theirs is a doomed love affair, and before long Maria’s life takes a tragic turn. Torn between passion and integrity, she makes a choice that has devastating consequences.... Can a beautiful quilt, discovered many years later, reveal the truth behind what happened to Maria?

Summer, 1914. Amy Fletcher’s life is transformed when she meets Edmond Derwent, son of one of the wealthiest families in the small town of Larchbury, and student at Cambridge University. When war breaks out, Edmond signs up as an officer and Amy trains as a VAD nurse. Separated by war, Edmond and Amy share their feelings through emotional letters sent from the front line. But when Edmond is critically wounded at Ypres, their love faces the biggest test of all.

En familiehistorie fortalt fra skiftende perspektiver, i hundrede korte nedslag fra 1914-2014, et for hvert år. "Om hundrede år" begynder i 1914, da første verdenskrig bryder ud. Soldaten Hans, der som dansk sønderjyde må kæmpe på tysk side, vender aldrig hjem til slægtsgården. I steder overtager svogeren Marius og søsteren Helene gården. De får fem børn hvis liv præges voldsomt af deres døve far og de spor som den store krig trækker helt op til 2014.

De El cuaderno gris es mucho lo que puede asombrar: una conversación cazada al vuelo en un café; una sentencia (casi un aforismo) oída o pronunciada como por casualidad, capaz de condensar el sentimiento de toda una época; la sucinta y emotiva descripción de un paisaje; descarnados apuntes de crítica literaria; un afilado juicio político, hilvanado en medio de consideraciones sobre el tiempo, la higiene, la salud, las mujeres o la gastronomía....

When Naomi's brother, Ned, is sent home seriously injured, it's up to Kate to manage the household as well as Ned's rehabilitation. But with the growing workload, she struggles to keep everything running smoothly and yearns to return to Woodicombe House. And with no word from her husband, Luke, fighting in France, it's becoming increasingly difficult to stay positive. Hard times are ahead for Kate and her family - when the realities of war land on their doorstep, can Kate find the strength to keep going?

1918. The Great War is over, and Clara Carter has boarded a train bound for Cornwall - to meet a family that would once have been hers. But they must never discover her secret... 2020. Caroline has spent years trying to uncover the lies buried in her family history. And once she arrives in Cornwall, the truth finally seems to be in reach. Except with storm clouds gathering on the horizon, Caroline soon learns that some secrets are best left hidden....

In the summer of 1912, a workman's pickaxe strikes through the basement floor of an old tenement house in Cheapside, London, uncovering a cache of unimaginably valuable treasure that quickly disappears again. Present day. When respected jewellery historian Kate Kirby receives a call about the Cheapside jewels, she knows she's on the brink of the experience of a lifetime. As Kate peels back the layers of London's stories of plague, fire and political turmoil, she is forced to explore long-buried family secrets.

1915. Best friends Irene, Maggie and Annie are proud members of the newly renamed Women's Police Service. While Britain's men are away fighting in France, the girls are doing their bit by keeping the peace at home in London's East End. But out of the blue, Irene is given the opportunity to be stationed near an army barracks in Grantham, Lincolnshire. Having recently experienced some heartbreak and keen for the adventure, she decides to go. What could possibly go wrong?

It's 1916, and England is at war. Desperate to help in whatever way they can, Ivy and Louisa enlist as gardeners at Kew, taking on the jobs of the men who have gone to fight. Under their care, the gardens begin to flourish - but Ivy and Louisa aren't being treated fairly, and not everyone wants them there. Without women's rights, the pair begins to struggle - but can the support of the Suffragettes help their cause? And when a tragedy overseas affects the people closest to them, can the women of Kew pull together to support themselves and their country through the darkest of times?

Durant les premiers jours de novembre 1920, l'Angleterre attend l'arrivée du Soldat inconnu, rapatrié depuis la France pour une cérémonie d'hommage. À Londres, trois femmes vivent ces journées à leur manière. Evelyn, dont le fiancé a été tué et qui travaille au bureau des pensions de l'armée ; Ada, qui ne cesse d'apercevoir son fils pourtant tombé au front ; et Hettie, qui accompagne tous les soirs d'anciens soldats sur la piste du Hammersmith Palais pour six pence la danse.

Au début du siècle dernier, Pascaline, une petite morvandelle, vit avec ses parents qui travaillent au service des Châtelains de Marchebeaux. Au château, Léon, son père, est ouvrier agricole et Eugénie, sa mère, lavandière. A son tour, en 1907, la jeune fille entre comme cuisinière au château où elle passera une grande partie de sa vie. Pascaline sera le lien entre plusieurs générations issues de milieux sociaux très différents.

Szlachcianka - Apolonia Niemyjska wychodzi za mąż za bogatego chłopa - Franciszka Bąka. Ich małżeństwo budzi wiele kontrowersji w lokalnym środowisku. Wkrótce wybucha pierwsza wojna światowa. Apolonia rodzi córkę, Gabrynię, która jest oczkiem w głowie rodziców. Mijają lata. Rodzą się kolejne dzieci, a przez kraj i najbliższą okolicę przetacza się historia: epidemia ,"hiszpanki", odzyskanie niepodległości przez Polskę, wojna z bolszewikami, lokalny pogrom Żydów.

Im gutbürgerlichen Haushalt der Chindlers spielt man Klavier und geht sonntags in die Kirche. Es ist das Jahr 1914. Theodor Chindler, Abgeordneter der katholischen Zentrumspartei und Familienoberhaupt, macht Politik im Berliner Reichstag, während seine Söhne Ernst und Karl fürs Vaterland an die Front ziehen. Zu Hause diskutieren die anderen Familienmitglieder hitzig über den Kaiser, das Elend in den Lazaretten und den Seekrieg - und so brechen die politischen Überzeugungen auseinander.

"Анатолий Дроздов - популярный в России и Беларуси писатель-фантаст, известный по произведениям в жанре "попаданчества" и альтернативной истории. В предлагаемом к прослушиванию романе автор обращается к событиям Первой Мировой войны, достоверно воссоздавая атмосферу того времени.

Born into Russian aristocracy, wealth, and security, Moura never had any reason to worry. But in the upheaval of the Bolshevik Revolution, her entire world crumbles. As her family and friends are being persecuted by Vladimir Lenin’s ruthless police, she falls into a passionate affair with British secret agent Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart. But when he’s abruptly and mysteriously deported from Russia, Moura is left alone and vulnerable. Now, she must find new paths for her survival, even if it means shedding her past and taking on new identities.

As the French revolution ravages the country, Desiree Clary is faced with the life-altering truth that the world she has known and loved is gone, and it’s fallen on her to save her family from the guillotine. A chance encounter with Napoleon Bonaparte, the ambitious and charismatic young military prodigy, provides her answer. When her beloved sister, Julie, marries his brother, Joseph, Desiree and Napoleon’s futures become irrevocably linked.

Enid Campbell, granddaughter of a duke, grew up surrounded by servants, wanting for nothing except love. But when her brother died in the First World War, a new heir was needed, and it was up to Enid to provide it. A troubled marriage and three children soon followed. Broken by postpartum depression, overwhelmed by motherhood and a loveless marriage, Enid made the shocking decision to abandon her family, thereby starting a chain of events—a kidnap, a court case, and selling her son to her sister for £500 - that reverberated through the generations.