Author: Elizabeth White
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
ISBN: 1789467489
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
'Powerful. . . . A heart-wrenching profile of resilience, ingenuity, and heroism.' Publisher's Weekly 'A story of courage, compassion, and cunning so profound that it must be included with the greatest Holocaust literature. Janina Mehlberg is a heroine for the ages.' - Larry Loftis, New York Times bestselling author of The Watchmaker's Daughter The Holocaust has given rise to many accounts of resistance and rescue, but The Counterfeit Countess is unique. It tells the remarkable, untold story of 'Countess Janina Suchodolska', a Jewish woman named Janina Mehlberg who rescued more than 10,000 Poles imprisoned by their country's Nazi occupiers. Using the identity papers of a Polish aristocrat, she worked as a welfare official while also serving in the Polish resistance. With guile, cajolery, and steely persistence, 'the Countess' persuaded SS officials to release thousands of Poles from the Majdanek concentration camp. Incredibly, she eluded detection, survived the war and eventually emigrated to the USA. Drawing on the manuscript of Mehlberg's own unpublished memoir, supplemented with prodigious research, , historians and Holocaust experts Elizabeth White and Joanna Sliwa have uncovered the full story of this extraordinary woman. Unsparing yet inspiring, The Counterfeit Countess is an unforgettable account of selfless courage in the face of unspeakable cruelty, and a major addition to the history of the Holocaust.
Counterfeit Countess
Author: Cheryl Bolen
Publisher: Harper & Appleton
ISBN: 1939602378
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Daphne du Maurier award finalist for Best Historical Mystery “This story is full of romance and suspense. . . No one can resist a novel written by Cheryl Bolen. Her writing talents charm all readers. Highly recommended reading! 5 stars!” – Huntress Reviews “Bolen pens a sparkling tale, and readers will adore her feisty heroine, the arrogant, honorable Warwick and a wonderful cast of supporting characters.” – RT Book Reviews * * * Maggie thought she was married to an earl . . . but it seems that her late and unlamented husband lied to her from the day they met. Now—penniless and stranded in London—she has thrown herself on the mercy of the real Lord Warwick. What's a counterfeit countess to do? Edward, the Earl of Warwick, desires only to get rid of the beautiful woman who arrived at his house with no less than fourteen trunks, a younger sister, a maid, and a very large cat. Her preposterous explanation is of no importance—but her late husband held the clue to the identity of England's greatest traitor, a clue the Foreign Service must get at any cost. Edward will have to guard her night and day—but he cannot guard his heart.
Publisher: Harper & Appleton
ISBN: 1939602378
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Daphne du Maurier award finalist for Best Historical Mystery “This story is full of romance and suspense. . . No one can resist a novel written by Cheryl Bolen. Her writing talents charm all readers. Highly recommended reading! 5 stars!” – Huntress Reviews “Bolen pens a sparkling tale, and readers will adore her feisty heroine, the arrogant, honorable Warwick and a wonderful cast of supporting characters.” – RT Book Reviews * * * Maggie thought she was married to an earl . . . but it seems that her late and unlamented husband lied to her from the day they met. Now—penniless and stranded in London—she has thrown herself on the mercy of the real Lord Warwick. What's a counterfeit countess to do? Edward, the Earl of Warwick, desires only to get rid of the beautiful woman who arrived at his house with no less than fourteen trunks, a younger sister, a maid, and a very large cat. Her preposterous explanation is of no importance—but her late husband held the clue to the identity of England's greatest traitor, a clue the Foreign Service must get at any cost. Edward will have to guard her night and day—but he cannot guard his heart.
The Counterfeit Countess
Author: Elizabeth White
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
ISBN: 1789467489
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
'Powerful. . . . A heart-wrenching profile of resilience, ingenuity, and heroism.' Publisher's Weekly 'A story of courage, compassion, and cunning so profound that it must be included with the greatest Holocaust literature. Janina Mehlberg is a heroine for the ages.' - Larry Loftis, New York Times bestselling author of The Watchmaker's Daughter The Holocaust has given rise to many accounts of resistance and rescue, but The Counterfeit Countess is unique. It tells the remarkable, untold story of 'Countess Janina Suchodolska', a Jewish woman named Janina Mehlberg who rescued more than 10,000 Poles imprisoned by their country's Nazi occupiers. Using the identity papers of a Polish aristocrat, she worked as a welfare official while also serving in the Polish resistance. With guile, cajolery, and steely persistence, 'the Countess' persuaded SS officials to release thousands of Poles from the Majdanek concentration camp. Incredibly, she eluded detection, survived the war and eventually emigrated to the USA. Drawing on the manuscript of Mehlberg's own unpublished memoir, supplemented with prodigious research, , historians and Holocaust experts Elizabeth White and Joanna Sliwa have uncovered the full story of this extraordinary woman. Unsparing yet inspiring, The Counterfeit Countess is an unforgettable account of selfless courage in the face of unspeakable cruelty, and a major addition to the history of the Holocaust.
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
ISBN: 1789467489
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
'Powerful. . . . A heart-wrenching profile of resilience, ingenuity, and heroism.' Publisher's Weekly 'A story of courage, compassion, and cunning so profound that it must be included with the greatest Holocaust literature. Janina Mehlberg is a heroine for the ages.' - Larry Loftis, New York Times bestselling author of The Watchmaker's Daughter The Holocaust has given rise to many accounts of resistance and rescue, but The Counterfeit Countess is unique. It tells the remarkable, untold story of 'Countess Janina Suchodolska', a Jewish woman named Janina Mehlberg who rescued more than 10,000 Poles imprisoned by their country's Nazi occupiers. Using the identity papers of a Polish aristocrat, she worked as a welfare official while also serving in the Polish resistance. With guile, cajolery, and steely persistence, 'the Countess' persuaded SS officials to release thousands of Poles from the Majdanek concentration camp. Incredibly, she eluded detection, survived the war and eventually emigrated to the USA. Drawing on the manuscript of Mehlberg's own unpublished memoir, supplemented with prodigious research, , historians and Holocaust experts Elizabeth White and Joanna Sliwa have uncovered the full story of this extraordinary woman. Unsparing yet inspiring, The Counterfeit Countess is an unforgettable account of selfless courage in the face of unspeakable cruelty, and a major addition to the history of the Holocaust.
Counterfeit Countess
Author: Janis Coles
Publisher: Ulverscroft
ISBN: 9780708934814
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Publisher: Ulverscroft
ISBN: 9780708934814
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The Counterfeit Countess
Author: Diana Campbell
Publisher: Signet Book
ISBN: 9780451126153
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Publisher: Signet Book
ISBN: 9780451126153
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
Author: Marvin Kaye
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312180713
Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Fifteen stories featuring Sherlock Holmes's deductive powers, penned by known and unknown writers. The two dozen cases range from an incident involving the Titanic to anarchist bombings in Paris.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312180713
Category : Detective and mystery stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
Fifteen stories featuring Sherlock Holmes's deductive powers, penned by known and unknown writers. The two dozen cases range from an incident involving the Titanic to anarchist bombings in Paris.
Only You
Author: Cheryl Bolen
Publisher: Harper & Appleton
ISBN: 1939602548
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
This is a novella from the anthology Ever My Love: Lore of the Lucius Ring (no longer available). The original prologue, written by Kathryn Le Veque, is included. Heat index for both stories: Sweet Lady Annie Childe is accustomed to her twin sister taking everything that is hers, but she simply will not sit by idly while Fanny attempts to steal the affections of the only man Annie’s ever been attracted to—the Duke of Axminster. Though the lovely twins are identical, it is the scattered-looking one who catches the eye of Alex, the Duke of Axminster. She is the only woman he knows who shares his passion for politics. Not only that, she discusses them with keen intellect—and her views mirror his own. There is also something about her that elicits his protective instincts. But how can he withstand the assault from her scheming mother who’s determined he woo the wrong sister?
Publisher: Harper & Appleton
ISBN: 1939602548
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
This is a novella from the anthology Ever My Love: Lore of the Lucius Ring (no longer available). The original prologue, written by Kathryn Le Veque, is included. Heat index for both stories: Sweet Lady Annie Childe is accustomed to her twin sister taking everything that is hers, but she simply will not sit by idly while Fanny attempts to steal the affections of the only man Annie’s ever been attracted to—the Duke of Axminster. Though the lovely twins are identical, it is the scattered-looking one who catches the eye of Alex, the Duke of Axminster. She is the only woman he knows who shares his passion for politics. Not only that, she discusses them with keen intellect—and her views mirror his own. There is also something about her that elicits his protective instincts. But how can he withstand the assault from her scheming mother who’s determined he woo the wrong sister?
A Birmingham Family Christmas
Author: Cheryl Bolen
Publisher: Harper & Appleton
ISBN: 1939602777
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Brazen Brides Series, Book 5
Publisher: Harper & Appleton
ISBN: 1939602777
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Brazen Brides Series, Book 5
A Proposal of Marriage
Author: Cheryl Bolen
Publisher: Harper & Appleton
ISBN: 1950000427
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The bespectacled, very bookish Miss Rebecca Peabody, who pens enlightening essays under the name P. Corpus, simply must marry. Since she abhors that disgusting “bedchamber business,” she decides Lord Aynsley is the perfect man to become her husband. At the advanced age of three and forty, he surely has gotten that repellant bedchamber business out of his system. For reasons quite unknown to her, he accepts her bizarre marriage proposal, though he assures her a chaste marriage is NOT what he has in mind. John Compton, the Earl of Aynsley, needs a wife to see to his brood of seven motherless children, a wastrel ward, and an uncle with a most peculiar habit. But he’s not interested in the way-too-young Miss Rebecca Peabody . . . until he discovers she is the brilliant P. Corpus who writes political essays with such passion, a passion he vows to unleash. Thus he embarks on the adventure of his life . . . that of tutoring his young wife in the ways of love.
Publisher: Harper & Appleton
ISBN: 1950000427
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The bespectacled, very bookish Miss Rebecca Peabody, who pens enlightening essays under the name P. Corpus, simply must marry. Since she abhors that disgusting “bedchamber business,” she decides Lord Aynsley is the perfect man to become her husband. At the advanced age of three and forty, he surely has gotten that repellant bedchamber business out of his system. For reasons quite unknown to her, he accepts her bizarre marriage proposal, though he assures her a chaste marriage is NOT what he has in mind. John Compton, the Earl of Aynsley, needs a wife to see to his brood of seven motherless children, a wastrel ward, and an uncle with a most peculiar habit. But he’s not interested in the way-too-young Miss Rebecca Peabody . . . until he discovers she is the brilliant P. Corpus who writes political essays with such passion, a passion he vows to unleash. Thus he embarks on the adventure of his life . . . that of tutoring his young wife in the ways of love.
Murder Most Fowl
Author: munro christopher
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1409265471
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
A grisly murder, an insane aristocrat and a missing body. Put Inspector Nigel Tuthache on the case, and we are left with a series of unfeasable events and cock-ups with a twist in the tale.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1409265471
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
A grisly murder, an insane aristocrat and a missing body. Put Inspector Nigel Tuthache on the case, and we are left with a series of unfeasable events and cock-ups with a twist in the tale.
The Saint
Author: Burl Barer
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786416806
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
The now legendary character created by Leslie Charteris has survived nearly three-quarters of a century of perilous action and narrow escapes with nary a hair out of place nor the slightest jolt to his jauntily tipped halo. From his earliest days battling "crooks, blood suckers, traders in vice and damnation" (and cracking the occasional safe on the side), the Saint has captured the imaginations of millions. Using the voluminous correspondence and writings of author Leslie Charteris and examining the many incarnations of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint," in other media, a detailed history emerges. Includes plot synopses of the radio and television programs, with air dates and production credits; descriptions of the movies and their credits; a bibliography, reviews of the books, and quotes from the principals.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786416806
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
The now legendary character created by Leslie Charteris has survived nearly three-quarters of a century of perilous action and narrow escapes with nary a hair out of place nor the slightest jolt to his jauntily tipped halo. From his earliest days battling "crooks, blood suckers, traders in vice and damnation" (and cracking the occasional safe on the side), the Saint has captured the imaginations of millions. Using the voluminous correspondence and writings of author Leslie Charteris and examining the many incarnations of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint," in other media, a detailed history emerges. Includes plot synopses of the radio and television programs, with air dates and production credits; descriptions of the movies and their credits; a bibliography, reviews of the books, and quotes from the principals.