Earthly Creatures

A riveting, epic historical novel set in 1940’s Germany. A story told from the perspective of the Hitler Youth - aviewpoint of the Second World War that has not often explored or portrayed in British literature. For all her life, idealistic 20-year-old bookworm Magdalena Arber has been split down the middle: veering wildly between fidelity to indoctrinated Nazi beliefs, and her father''s humanist values. Then comes the summons - the Nazi War Labour Service is conscripting her into a teaching position in East Prussia. Magda is elated. It''s a release from the cosy cage of childhood, and a chance to form young minds. She enters a lush rural world of forests, lakes, and meadows where order prevails. Yet there are monstrous hands out to shape the whole continuum of earthly creatures. The Gestapo are a lurking darkness. There is bombing further East, and news of a moving Russian front. Will Alt Schonbek burn as well? Can Magda survive?

• | Author: Stevie Davies
• | Publisher: Honno Ltd
• | Publication Date: May 23, 2024
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781916821019
• | ISBN-10: 1916821014