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The books behind the blog

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

British Sport during the Second World War

History World War Two Sport
April 6, 2026
6 mins

How war disrupted Britain's sporting calendar, claimed the lives of leading athletes, and changed the careers of sportsmen who served between 1939 and 1945.

By the author of Ordinary Heroes