The Many Seas to Guernsey

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<p><strong><em>*KIRKUS STARRED REVIEW </em></strong>-<strong> "An engrossing saga of love set against a subtly drawn, disturbing depiction of Hitler's tyranny... Taylor's sprawling narrative is a coming-of-age story with the highest possible stakes, a tense wartime thriller, a study of faith in extremis... and an unusually intimate portrait of life in Germany as Nazism corrupts friendships and families."</strong></p><p><strong><em>PUBLISHERS WEEKLY </em></strong>-<strong>"An immersive tale of enduring love between a British woman and a German Catholic seminarian on the eve of WWII... WWII fiction fans will be riveted."</strong></p><p><strong><em>HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY </em></strong>-<strong> "</strong><strong>Strongly recommended for its emotional intensity, its action-packed plot, and the voicing of multiple characters' perspectives that gives a feel of authenticity to a story set in this turbulent time."</strong></p><p><em>The Many Seas to Guernsey</em> is a sweeping literary historical charting the forbidden love between an English writer and a German Catholic priest-in-training, while also telling the little known and still-controversial story of the German Catholic Church's accommodation with Hitler. A haunting, morally complex novel set between Guernsey and Nazi Germany that will stay with you long after the last page. From Catherine Taylor, author of Amazon no. 1 best seller <em>Beyond The Moon</em>.</p><p>In 1936 Kitty Garland-Fry moves to Guernsey with her bohemian, artist parents and unruly siblings. Marooned amid her family's chaotic lifestyle, Kitty, a passionate writer of fairy tales, fears she'll die of boredom and frustration if she cannot find a life of her own.</p><p>In Nazi Berlin, meanwhile, Lukas von Harnitz, an idealistic and devout Roman Catholic seminarian, is reluctantly leaving for Guernsey, too, forced to interrupt his priestly studies for a year to take his newly widowed English-born mother back home to safety. Fiercely anti-Nazi, he can

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781916093249

Sprache

Englisch

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Taschenbuch

Maße

225 x 152 x 31 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Cameo Press Ltd