Escape to London / World War, 1939-1945 Divorced people Nazis Families

Staples, Mary Jane.

Escape to London / Mary Jane Staples. - Large print ed. - Long Preston : Magna, 2007. - 444 p (large print). ; 23 cm.

Austria, 1938. Anne watches in horror as Hitler's tanks roll through the streets of Vienna, amid crowds of cheering supporters. Her embittered ex-husband, now a fervent member of the Nazi cause, is among the cavalcade - he is burning with hatred for Anne, seeing her as a symbol of the old Austrian empire he once served. Then a chance encounter with a British journalist leaves Anne with a secret that must be smuggled out of the country, and Anne knows she must forsake her beloved Vienna and flee with her children to Britain. Austria, 1938. Anne watches in horror as Hitler's tanks roll through the streets of Vienna, amid crowds of cheering supporters. Her embittered ex-husband, now a fervent member of the Nazi cause, is among the cavalcade - he is burning with hatred for Anne, seeing her as a symbol of the old Austrian empire he once served. Then a chance encounter with a British journalist leaves Anne with a secret that must be smuggled out of the country, and Anne knows she must forsake her beloved Vienna and flee with her children to Britain.

Adult.

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World War, 1939-1945--Austria--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Women--Fiction.
Divorced people--Fiction.
Nazis--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.


Domestic fiction.
Large type books.

823.914