List - November 2013 (750 KB PDF)

Growing up in Birmingham, Sylvia and Audrey Whitehouse have always been likechalk and cheese. When the Second World War breaks out, Sylvia is still dreaming ofher forthcoming marriage to fiance Ian while Audrey jumps at the career opportunitiesthe WAAF throws her way. Audrey joins the ranks at RAF Cardington but soon findsthat her new freedom also brings temptation. When she goes too far, theconsequences ripple through the Whitehouse family.James Naughtie – The madness of JulyWill Flemyng was a spy who turned to politics and is rising to the top in the 1970s. Butwhen a bizarre death, on one hot summer day in London, starts to unravel some of themost sensitive secrets of his government, he's drawn back into the shadows of theCold War and begins to dance with danger once more. Buffeted by political forces andthe powerful women around him, and caught in interlocking mysteries he mustdisentangle, Flemyng faces his vulnerability and learns, through betrayal and tragedy,more truth about his world than wanted.Mary Nichols – A different world1939. Warsaw, Poland. Pilot Jan Grabowski receives orders that take him to the heartof the escalating conflict. He leaves behind his wife, Rulka, who sees Poland overcomeby the Nazis. In constant danger and amid cruel reprisals, she joins the Resistance.Norfolk. Louise Fairhurst's war is very different. Evacuated with her class of ten­yearoldsfrom London she finds herself acting mother as well as teacher to the children.She has much to do settling city children down in the countryside, and she wonderswhether she should have stayed in London until a chance meeting with Jan alters herpath ­William Nicholson – Reckless1945. The Second World War has gone on too long. Shops are closed 'for theduration'. Trains run a restricted service 'for the duration'. Life has paused, for theduration. A little girl, Pamela, is growing up fast. A young Englishman, Rupert Blundell,vows there'll be no more wars. Both are waiting for their lives to begin. Then comes21