Bøker utgitt av Rupert Colley

A reunion worth dreaming about.Naples, 1944. Elena, aged twelve, is left orphaned and traumatized by war. But a gift from an African American soldier shows her that kindness can still exist in a cruel world.Post-war, and now a young woman, the memory of the soldier obsesses her.Eleven years after their first meeting, their paths cross again and Elena's life will never be the same.A short story.

"I expected a basic (but enjoyable) romantic comedy. Instead, I found something much deeper.""A genuinely uplifting and beautiful book.""A gem of a book; an absolute delight to read."Dan is happy with his life. He just hasn''t started living it yet.Dan Whitaker is 20, lives in a sleepy village in Devon and works in a small DIY shop. He likes numbers and hero worships Lord Nelson. But he finds ordinary people difficult to understand and he''s certainly never had a girlfriend. His mother mocks him, and he misses his father and he pines for Ollie, his only childhood friend who truly understood him.But, despite it all, Dan thinks he''s happy enough. Until one June day, the beautiful and mysterious Libby walks into his shop - and into his life.Libby''s sudden appearance turns Dan''s ordered existence upside down. But Dan soon realises that Libby isn''t who she seems. Who exactly is she? What is she hiding, and, more importantly, who''s that threatening man always looking for her?In trying to help Libby, Dan comes to realise what''s missing in his own life, and, in turn, appreciates what''s really important...Part One of The Tales of Little Leaf.Part Two, Winter in July, is now available as an Amazon pre-order, due 15 April 2021.Part Three, Departure in September, is also available on pre-order, due 15 June 2021.Reviews:"This is a sweet, gentle and absorbing novel that swept me along with it. Before I knew it, I was in Little Leaf with Dan! I loved Dan''s character and really rooted for him, wanting him to find true happiness and someone to finally understand him. The story flowed really well and Dan''s unique and chatty style made me laugh. The author has done a great job at bringing Dan to life and I would absolutely love to read more in the Little Leaf series." Jera''s s Jamboree Reviews."Eleven Days in June brought about many emotions for me: sadness at the way Daniel was sometimes treated but on the flip side it made my heart sing when people slowly understood him, it also becomes apparent that as people do get to know him they develop a fondness and protectiveness around him. It''s a beautiful read, a perfect Sunday afternoon read for me curled up on the sofa with a cuppa!" Wrong Side of Forty Reviews."I was thoroughly immersed in this touching story... The tension builds as different characters cross paths and Dan risks everything to save the person he loves." Katy Johnson Reviews.

One violin. One curse. One hundred years.Germany, 1871. Hannah''s husband, the violin maker, has produced the perfect violin. It will make their fortune. Hannah is told to look after the violin while her husband finds a buyer. She knows she''s been entrusted with a great responsibility.But a powerful and disreputable businessman betrays her and she loses the violin. Her dreams of a happier life lie shattered.Distraught, Hannah predicts that all those who, for the following hundred years, play her husband''s violin, will die an untimely death...And so begins the journey of the violin. From the First World War to the rise of Nazism, the Second World War and the Holocaust, through Germany''s post-war guilt and the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall, the curse of the violin descends on all those who dare touch its strings.Who will survive the curse of the violin? Eight stories. Eight people scattered across the century, each cursed by a single violin and its everlasting Song of Sorrow.Song of Sorrow by R.P.G. Colley. Part of The Love and War Series, novels set during the 20th century''s darkest years:The Lost DaughterThe White VenusThe Woman on the TrainThe Black MariaMy Brother the EnemyAnastasiaSong of Sorrow 20th Century Historical fiction with heart and drama.

A buried secret and a lifetime of guilt born in the dark heart of Nazi GermanyEngland, 2001. Elizabeth has always suspected her mother habours a secret from her time as a young woman in Nazi Germany. But her mother, suffering from dementia, is lost to her now.When Elizabeth stumbles across a Nazi certificate amongst her parent''s paperwork, it forces her to question the very foundations of her 1950s childhood and her first love; a childhood, she now realises, was built on lies.Elizabeth''s quest to find the truth leads her to Germany where she''s met with a wall of silence. She knows that beyond this wall, is the truth, a truth that exists deep within the dark and twisted soul of Hitler''s Germany.Germany, 1944. 18-year-old Hannah, beautiful and naive, volunteers to work in a home for evacuated children. But Doctor Fick, a loyal Nazi, decrees that there''s a better way for Hannah to serve the Fatherland.Drawn further into the doctor''s distorted world, Hannah only realises what''s expected of her when it''s too late. Confronted with evil, Hannah makes an impossible choice, a choice that will reverberate down the generations...Historical fiction with heart and drama.

The Clever Teens' Guide to The Cold War provides a concise account of the political tensions that arose as the world rebuilt after WW2 - an era beset by the constant fear of nuclear weapons and the looming threat of a Third World War.

Someone saves your life. How far will you go to repay the debt?A historical fiction novella.World War Two, summer, 1942, Nazi-occupied France. A nervous young man sits on a train; his simple mission – to deliver a message on behalf of the resistance. The Germans ask for his papers and his nerves give way. An older woman, sitting opposite, intervenes and rescues him from the clutches of the Gestapo.Paris, 1968. The young man is now the most successful music conductor in France; a household name throughout the land. Yet, he still wonders, 26 years on, why did the woman on the train intercede on his behalf? Without her, he knows his life would have turned out very differently. He owes her everything.Unexpectedly, in the midst of the ’68 Parisian riots, he receives a letter from her, begging him to come to her aid. Honour-bound, he gladly offers to return the favour. When he realises precisely what repaying his debt entails, he faces a dilemma that threatens to ruin his career. Torn between those he loves and his sense of honour, his life rapidly spirals out of control. Who exactly was The Woman on the Train?A WW2 / Holocaust novel from the founder of History In An Hour. Historical fiction with drama and heart.A novel that follows in the footsteps of Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See, Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale and Charles Belfoure's The Paris Architect. "Why haven't I heard of this man before? This is a little jewel box of historical fiction. The central premise is intriguing, the writing is crisp, and the story unfolds at pace.""Most intriguing, wonderful book. Everyone should read this.""Short, sharp and wonderful. Couldn't put it down.""What a ride... Colley takes you on more than a train ride with this story.Historical fiction with heart and drama.

When the ties of loyalty are severed, whom do you trust?World War Two. It is June 1940. France has surrendered and the Nazi German occupation begins. A small village in northern France awaits the arrival of a garrison of conquering Germans. To their dismay, 16-year-old Pierre and his parents, Georges and Sandrine, are forced to accommodate a German major, Major Hurtzberger. He is the enemy within their midst; the invader of their country, and, more pertinently, the unwanted lodger within their home. The problem, however, is that the German is annoyingly pleasant. The major, with a son of his own, empathises with Pierre in a way Georges has never been able to. Immediately the two of them find a bond, leaving Pierre confused and his understanding of good and bad, of black and white, shattered. But then, Georges, Pierre's father, is arrested by the Gestapo and taken away. Forced to confront the prejudices of others, as well as his own, Pierre has to ask where his loyalties lie, and who are his friends and who, exactly, is the enemy. Desperate to prove himself a man, Pierre is continually thwarted by those he trusts - his parents, the villagers and especially Claire, the girl he so desires. Pierre's quest brings to the fore a traumatic event in the family's past, a tragedy never forgotten but never mentioned. Only by confronting his trauma, can Pierre find the answer and prove he is a man in a country at war.From the founder of the History In An Hour series, comes another powerful work of WW2 historical fiction that will remain with you long after you've turned the final page."Really enjoyed this book. Loved the characters and their involvement in the story.""This is a book with difference. I will look for more books by this author.""Colley draws his characters with fine lines, illustrating both the brutality and compassion shown by individuals on both sides of this war.""Told with great poignancy."Historical fiction with heart and drama.

When love becomes your greatest enemyMoscow, 1935. Stalin is in power. People live in constant fear – fear of each other, fear of being denounced, and fear of Stalin’s secret police, the NKVD. Ordinary citizens live behind a mask – a public face that enables them to toe the Party line and conceal their true feelings and personal thoughts. One such citizen is thirty-year-old Maria. She has a past – the sort that, if known, would cost her her freedom. So monstrous her crime, she is forced to live a lie. Maria marries Petrov, a Party activist, not out of love, but as a means of forming a new identity, to escape her past. Her existence is safe – but dull. Until the day she meets Dmitry.Dmitry is an artist, whose work allows him a standard of living above the average Muscovite. But Dmitry feels straitjacketed by what he’s allowed to paint. Instead of the state approved rural idyll of his latest commission, he aspires to paint the female form. But when Maria offers to pose for him, he refuses – until he falls in love with her.Dmitry’s artistic aspirations and Maria’s yearning for a new life force them to risk everything in the name of love and freedom. The Black Maria is a novel about truth – the distortion of it, and the fear of it. And at the heart of the novel, is Maria’s brutal past. When love comes unexpectedly, it threatens to expose the truth and destroy her.“I'm seriously in awe. It's a remarkable piece of historical fiction. It's dark, gritty, and really quite disturbing. And heartbreaking at the same time. A brilliant achievement!” “A disquieting, well-told tale in which the author delves deeply and effectively into the minds of his characters. Is it entertaining? Yes. You'll be glad you read this novel.”“Hard-hitting, dark and, at times, unpalatable. It is also honest.”“I don't recall being quite as thoroughly chilled by Solzhenitsyn's works as I was with Rupert Colley's The Black Maria.”“Wonderfully written, this is a novel that lives long in the memory. Highly recommended.”“An absorbing if confronting read, and stayed with me long after I'd finished it.”Rupert Colley is the founder, editor and writer of the highly successful History In An Hour series of ebooks and audio, published by HarperCollins. Historical fiction with heart and drama.