Eilidh McGinness

Bravery, courage, fear, treachery and love in a time of war.A chance meeting draws Sabine Faure into the shadowy world of the French Resistance where she meets the charismatic H risson and his intriguing comrade Loup. Set in Dordogne in South-west France during World War II, the friends' relationships and strengths are tested to the very limits as life changes in unbelievably horrific ways, The friends find themselves facing frightening situations and responding in ways they never thought possible as bravery and resistance take different forms in each of their actions. Vivid and exquisite in its illumination of a time and place that was filled with atrocities but also humanity and extraordinary bravery, Eilidh McGinness's novel will evoke reader's to ask -What would I have done?

An inspirational historical novel inspired by the life of Polish mathematician Marian Rejewski, the Cypher Bureau is a must read for anyone interesed in World War 2 or code-breakingIng. In the wake of World War One the Polish Cypher Bureau discover that the Germans are using a new type of code that they are unable to decypher. In a ground breaking move they decide to recruit mathematicians and train them in code-breaking. Marian Rejewski excells at spy school and eventually he is one entrusted, alone, with the task of cracking the invincible code. In 1932 he suceeds but that is just the beginning. No-one knows the code has been broken. Marian and the Cypher Bureau must protect their dangerous secret at all costs. When Poland is invaded by Germany in September 1939 the Cypher Bureau are forced to flee Poland as they try to keep ahead of the Gestapo agents in their pursuit.. It is a journey that will take them across Europe and cost some their lives ......

Born into poverty in a racially segregated Amercia, Josephine Baker flees to France where she embraces the hedonistic lifestyle on offer in Paris of the Roaring Twenties. With Hitler's rise to power in Germany, Josephine is forced to face her true self. Determined to protect the Liberty Equality and Fraternity she has found in France, she becomes an 'honorable correspondent' for the French Intelligence Service. So, beginning a journey which will take her from the Red Cross Shelters in Paris, to a secluded chateau in Vichy France, to the cruel deserts of North Africa. Whilst she will find love, passion and enduring friendship, she must also face dangers which will threaten not only her life but all she holds dear....Can she find the courage to fight for what she believe in.... no matter what the cost? .......