The Resource The secret messenger, Mandy Robotham
The secret messenger, Mandy Robotham
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The item The secret messenger, Mandy Robotham represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Thunder Bay Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
Resource Information
The item The secret messenger, Mandy Robotham represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Thunder Bay Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- Venice, 1943: The world is at war, and Stella Jilani is leading a double life. By day she works in the lion's den as a typist for the Reich; by night, she risks her life as a messenger for the Italian resistance. Against all odds, Stella must impart Nazi secrets, smuggle essential supplies and produce an underground newspaper on her beloved typewriter .But when German commander General Breugal becomes suspicious, it seems he will stop at nothing to find the mole, and Stella knows her future could be in jeopardy... London, 2017: Years later, Luisa Belmont finds a mysterious old typewriter in her attic. Determined to find out who it belonged to, Luisa delves into the past and uncovers a story of fierce love, unimaginable sacrifice and, ultimately, the worst kind of betrayal. Set between German-occupied 1940s Venice and modern-day London, this is a fascinating tale of the bravery of everyday women in the darkest corners of WWII
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The secret messenger
- Title
- The secret messenger
- Statement of responsibility
- Mandy Robotham
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Venice, 1943: The world is at war, and Stella Jilani is leading a double life. By day she works in the lion's den as a typist for the Reich; by night, she risks her life as a messenger for the Italian resistance. Against all odds, Stella must impart Nazi secrets, smuggle essential supplies and produce an underground newspaper on her beloved typewriter .But when German commander General Breugal becomes suspicious, it seems he will stop at nothing to find the mole, and Stella knows her future could be in jeopardy... London, 2017: Years later, Luisa Belmont finds a mysterious old typewriter in her attic. Determined to find out who it belonged to, Luisa delves into the past and uncovers a story of fierce love, unimaginable sacrifice and, ultimately, the worst kind of betrayal. Set between German-occupied 1940s Venice and modern-day London, this is a fascinating tale of the bravery of everyday women in the darkest corners of WWII
- Cataloging source
- CaOWLBI
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Robotham, Mandy
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women
- Government, Resistance to
- Nazis
- Underground movements
- World War, 1939-1945
- Venice (Italy)
- London (England)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The secret messenger, Mandy Robotham
- Control code
- pr05288020
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- ix, 381 pages
- Isbn
- 9780008376048
- Label
- The secret messenger, Mandy Robotham
- Control code
- pr05288020
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- ix, 381 pages
- Isbn
- 9780008376048
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