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Four novels and a history, each set among the real events of the Second World War.

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The Blue Pencil Historical thriller
Two Families at War Historical thriller
The Summer of ’39 Historical thriller
Ordinary Heroes Second World War novel
Liberating Belsen History

Appeasement

History World War Two
November 3, 2026
7 mins

David Lowther explores appeasement in 1930s Britain, Neville Chamberlain, the Cliveden set and newsreel censorship, and the history behind The Blue Pencil.

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