World War Fiction Drama

What a treasure I found that my mother had left me. It was a typed, bound book, Heavy Bombardment. My father, Grenville Mott and his co-author, Martin Kern, wrote this play after being stationed in England with the Eighth Air Force during World War II and returning home in 1946. Mott and Kern hoped to sell their play as a screenplay to Hollywood. This historical three act play is a 24 hour eye-witness account in the War Room of a B-24 466th Bombardment Group, Eighth Air Force, one day in England, during World War II and March 1945.

A modern master of the historical novel, Jeff Shaara has painted brilliant depictions of the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and World War I. Now, The Rising Tide begins a staggering work of fiction bound to be a new generation’s most poignant chronicle of World War II. Through unforgettable...

German armies once more march across Europe, and one small Welsh village is changed forever. Carrie has escaped the suffocating, unhealthy love of her brother. With her innate kindness and strength, she begins her new life in midwifery. But the shadows of war rise. She is sent first to Birmingham and then to London during the Blitz. Carrie is no stranger to tragedy, but her courage and self-sacrifice bond her tightly to new friends and old, helping to keep her safe in uncertain times. Love, laughter, and friendship abound, making her a force to be reckoned with and admired.