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Un-put-down-able for fans of female-fronted historic novels and fictionalised accounts of the WWII period, Mandy Robotham’s The War Pianist teems with tension, courage, code-cracking and atmosphere as two women put everything on the line for the resistance.
It’s July 1940, and Marnie is an unmarried 32-year-old working as an assistant producer for the BBC in London, a city under siege from nightly blitz bombings. During one such attack, Marnie’s beloved grandfather is killed. When she returns to the debris of his premises and discovers a radio, it transpires that he’d been working as an undercover pianist (radio operative) for the Dutch resistance. Having grown up learning Morse code as a fun game with her granddad, she decides to step into his shoes when invited by his contact, Willem.“Fighting this bloody monster of fascism,” gives Marnie palpable purpose.
Meanwhile Corrie, another female pianist, is at the other end of Marnie’s transmissions in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. When Willem vanishes, Marnie takes a huge risk by heading to Amsterdam, and both women find themselves facing the gravest of dangers.
Richly detailed, and propelled by spritely pace, a spirit of courage, and rising tension as it seems there might be a traitor in the women’s midst, The War Pianist is an accomplished war-time thriller with bags of character.
Joanne Owen
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The War Pianist Synopsis
The next gripping and heartbreaking WWII historical fiction novel from international bestseller, Mandy Robotham.
Pianist: NOUN. Informal. A person who operates or controls a radio transmitter – often in code.
July, 1940
Blitz-ridden London: Marnie Fern’s life is torn apart when her grandfather is killed in an air raid. But once she discovers that he’d been working undercover as a radio operative – or pianist – for the Dutch resistance, Marnie knows she must complete his mission – no matter the cost…
Nazi-occupied Amsterdam: At the other end of the wireless, fellow pianist Corrie Bakker is caught in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse as she desperately tries to keep her loved ones out of the line of fire – even if it means sacrificing herself…
Bound together by the invisible wires of their radios, the two women lead parallel lives in their home cities, as both are betrayed by those they trust the most. But when the Nazis close in on one of them, only the other can save her…
Two cities. Two spies. Which woman survives?
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| ISBN: |
9780008453442 |
| Publication date: |
16th February 2023 |
| Author: |
Mandy Robotham |
| Publisher: |
AVON, a division of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
384 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Historical Fiction
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Praise for Mandy Robotham:
Powerful and haunting -Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network
The Berlin Girl paints a vibrant picture of some of the chilling harbingers of World War II. You'll gasp aloud and shed a few tears on this insightful, bold, fast-paced ride through Berlin's last moments of crumbling glory before the cloud of World War II descends. -Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names
A gripping read, filled with tension and suspense as war brews in 1930s Berlin. -Fiona Valpy, bestselling author of The Dressmaker's Gift
Mandy captured a chilling sense of tension and fear, knowing what was on the horizon. -Suzanne Goldring, author of My Name is Eva
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About Mandy Robotham
M J Robotham saw herself as an aspiring author from the age of nine, but was waylaid by journalism, birth, children and life. After twenty years as a midwife and an MA in Creative Writing, she is now a full-time author, writing historical fiction as Mandy Robotham. She lives in Gloucestershire with her partner and muse mutt, Basil.
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