Escape to London / Mary Jane Staples.
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TextPublication details: Long Preston : Magna, 2007Edition: Large print edDescription: 444 p (large print). ; 23 cmISBN: 9780750527767; 0750527765Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Austria -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Fiction | Divorced people -- Fiction | Nazis -- Fiction | Families -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. | Large type books. DDC classification: 823.914 Summary: 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.Summary: 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.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Large Print | F STA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111034864791 |
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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.
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