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Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel published in 1859 by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. In the Introduction to the Encyclopedia of Adventure Fiction, critic Don D'Ammassa argues that it is an adventure novel because the protagonists are in constant danger of being imprisoned or killed. As Dickens's best-known work of historical fiction, A Tale of Two Cities is said to be one of the best-selling novels of all time. In 2003, the novel was ranked 63rd on the BBC's The Big Read poll. The novel has been adapted for film, television, radio, and the stage, and has continued to influence popular culture.

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William Boyd

"What happens to your life when everything you thought you knew about your mother turns out to be an elaborate lie? During the long, hot summer of 1976, Ruth Gilmartin discovers that her very English mother Sally is really Eva Delectorskaya, a Russian emigree and one-time spy." "In 1939 Eva is a beautiful 28-year-old living in Paris. As war breaks out, she is recruited for the British Secret Service by Lucas Romer, a mysterious, patrician Englishman. Under his tutelage she learns to become the perfect spy, to mask her emotions and trust no one. Even those she loves most." "Since then Eva has carefully rebuilt her life - but once a spy, always a spy. And now she must complete one final assignment. This time, though, Eva can't do it alone: she needs her daughter's help."--BOOK JACKET.

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Carol Matas

Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1941. Lorsqu'éclate la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Déborah Bernstein s'inquiète terriblement pour les membres de sa famille juive qui résident en France. Sa cousine Sarah lui confie en effet, dans sa correspondance, les actes d'antisémitisme dont sont victimes les Juifs, privés de loisirs, d'emploi et d'éducation, avant d'être arrêtés et transportés vers les camps de la mort. Tandis que ses frères Adam et Morris, enrôlés dans l'armée, combattent respectivement en Angleterre et à Hong Kong, Déborah rejoint, avec sa mère, une organisation militant afin de convaincre le gouvernement canadien, mené par Mackenzie King, de laisser entrer au pays les Juifs ayant un visa. Or, leurs actes demeurent vains alors que les insultes et attaques perpétrées contre des Juifs canadiens augmentent et que Morris est fait prisonnier par les Japonais ... -- Rédigé sous forme de journal intime, ce roman à saveur didactique lève le voile sur la déplorable, et méconnue, politique d'immigration adoptée par le gouvernement canadien lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale de même que sur l'antisémitisme qui régnait de façon tacite au Canada à l'époque. Un dossier photographique et historique ajoute à l'impact du récit. [SDM].

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Anita Shreve

"As the wife of a Resistance member in German-occupied Belgium, Claire Dussois has grown used to hiding strange men in her attic. But the B-17 bomber that crash-lands outside the village of Delahaut contains the man who will be both the last and the most significant of her temporary residents.