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Beneath a Starless Sky
- Narrated by: Bea Holland
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction
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Summary
Munich: smoke filled the air.
Lilli Sternberg’s quickening heart sounded an alarm as she rounded the street corner. Lifting her gaze to the rooftops, a roaring blaze of thick flames engulfed the side of the building and joined the stars to fill the black sky. Her father’s shop was no more.
Lilli Sternberg longs to be a ballet dancer. But outside the sanctuary of the theatre, Munich is no longer a place for dreams.
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- Christineb
- 20-02-21
A great read Well narrated
I thought this story was going to be cheesy but as the story developed it was really good It had so many different storyline running through so it stayed interesting I didn't quite believe the SS soilder being a british agent he could have been a renege officer attached to like-minded germans The ending was sad but it did finish the story well
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- paula wright
- 14-02-21
One of the best I have ever listened
Wow. What a find. I just happened upon this book. Author not known to me but I will seek out more books by her when I finish this review. My favorite genre is ww1 or ww2 historical fiction. The story was so interesting and so filled with real people. . I especially have a dislike for Wallis Simpson and the abdicated duke. This is a must read/listen to for any lover of historical fiction and reality of the Jews was so horrible and cruel , I almost cried at the bittersweet end Thank you Tessa Harris
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- M B Yorton
- 19-02-21
Excellent WWII spy-romance novel
Nice to see a smart, cunning, strong-spirited, extremely bright (tho completely fictional), Jewish dancer-cum-spy heroine in a 1930's - 1940's, historically accurate, spy novel (for the men); Or, er, romance novel, for the ladies; which takes place primarily in Nazi Germany. Ms Harris manages to introduce us to the Windsors (Wallis & ex-King Duke "David"), Goebbels, Eva Braun, the Nazi propaganda movie Titanic, and other historical figures and events. As well as the plight of all Jews in pre-war and wartime Germany, and the slow descent into Hitler's identity politics and the destruction of democracy. All in one tale! 4-1/2 🌟
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- Jasper Van Wyk
- 19-06-21
Wow
This book is seriously one of very favorite WWII books I have read in quite a long time. Just wow. Do yourself a favor. Get the book.
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- Steve Maas
- 02-10-21
Perfection!
A well crafted story! It was difficult to step away from, and I was always eager to get back to it. Wonderful, easy to listen to narrator.
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- kpickle
- 14-09-21
No
If you can’t write the ending to a book don’t bother writing the book. Seriously this was just so poorly constructed in the last hour of the book just so disappointing. It’s really too bad. It could’ve been a good story.