War and the home front

6 books

Good Old AnnaMarie Belloc Lowndes · 1916A 1916 novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes set at the outbreak of World War I, concerning Mrs. Otway, a widowed Englishwoman in a cathedral town who must decide what to do about Anna, her faithful German servant of eighteen years.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the DayRichard Dehan · 1915A 1918 World War I-era novel by Richard Dehan following Viscount Franky Sherbrand and his young wife Margot, whose marriage begins happily in 1914 London society before the outbreak of war, aviation, and conflict in Belgium transform their lives.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Dop DoctorRichard Dehan · 1910A 1910 novel set in South Africa before the Boer War, following an Englishman traveling with ox-waggons across the veld, mourning his lover who has just died in childbirth, along with their young daughter.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The HeroW. Somerset Maugham · 1901An early novel by the British author W. Somerset Maugham, "The Hero" (1901) follows a soldier returning from the war in South Africa to his devoted parents, who hope he will restore the family name his disgraced father lost in the army.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Lion's MouseC. N. Williamson · 1919A 1919 adventure and mystery novel by C. N. and A. M. Williamson. It follows corporation lawyer Roger Sands, who agrees to hide a beautiful, frightened stranger in his train stateroom and guard a mysterious sealed parcel she entrusts to him.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Rough RoadWilliam John Locke · 1918A 1918 novel about James Marmaduke Trevor, nicknamed Doggie, a pampered young man raised sheltered in an English cathedral town who is swept into World War I, following his experiences in England and France as he endures the war.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية