1942. World War II. The most terrible war in human history. Millions are dead; millions more are still to die. The Nazis rampage across Europe and eye far-off America. The green, untested American army is going up against the greatest fighting force ever assembled -- the armed forces of Nazi Germany. But something has changed. A court decision makes females subject to the draft and eligible for service. So in this World War II, women and girls fight,...

"English nurse Sibyl Lake is young but skilled and confident. Resolving to do everything she can to help her country she begins to spy to support the French Resistance. She arrives in Colmar, a French town surrounded by vineyards and swarming with German soldiers, but her fear is dampened by the joy of being reunited with her childhood sweetheart. Jacques is now a French Resistance fighter, risking his life to free his friends and family from German...

Beaten up by her abusive father, beautiful and feisty Mary Norton flees her home in Bristol to join the Royalist army of King Charles I, during the Civil War. This thrilling, highly atmospheric and meticulously researched novel tells the fascinating story of how Mary becomes a soldier and ends up fighting both for the king and his sworn enemy, Oliver Cromwell. Mary starts life with almost no education and becomes an expert musketeer in the Royalist...