Showing results by publisher "Picador" in War & Military

A story of sacrifice and betrayal during the Blitz, A Thread of Light is the stunning second novel by Neema Shah, author of Kololo Hill. 'Not just a story of two very different women trying to survive the Second World War, A Thread of Light brings to life a part of British history that is less...

'A magisterial wonder' – Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World 'Every page feels alive' – Xiaolu Guo, author of Call Me Ishmaelle From the bestselling, award-winning master of uncanny fiction comes a defining work, twenty years in the making – a deeply moving, decade-...

'A sprawling tale of love, family, duty, war, and displacement' Khaled Hosseini Correspondents by Tim Murphy is a powerful story about the legacy of immigration, the present-day world of refugeehood, the violence that America causes both abroad and at home, and the power of the individual and...

From the International Booker Prize shortlisted author of The Order of the Day and The War of the Poor comes a searing account of a conflict that dealt a fatal blow to French colonialism. A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2023 'Excoriating and profound . . . A remarkable work' - Scotsman 'Absolutely...

In Now I Am Here, we begin at the end. The armies of the National Defence Movement have been crushed and our unnamed narrator and his unit are surrounded. Prepared for defeat at the hands of the enemy and with only his sins for company, he turns to confession. As he recounts the events leading...

Shortlisted for the 2024 Prime Minister's Literary Awards ‘A profound meditation on forgiveness and forgetting . . . Dao’s extraordinary debut novel combines fiction and history to chronicle his Vietnamese grandparents’ traumatic life.’ – The Observer Moving from 1930s Hanoi through...

"Everything you want in a story" declares Helen Paris, the acclaimed author of The Invisible Women's Club, and indeed, this captivating historical novel weaves together threads of love, loyalty, and revolution against the haunting backdrop of World War II London. "Immersive, thrilling... I loved...