Penguin Books Australia

  A penetrating study of ordinary people resisting the Nazi occupation—and, true to its title, a dark comedy of wartime manners— Comedy in a Minor Key tells the story of Wim and Marie, a Dutch couple who first hide a Jew they know as Nico, then must dispose of his body when he dies of pneumonia. This novella, first published in 1947 and now translated into English for the first time...

Jan Karski, a young Polish diplomat turned cavalry officer, joined the Polish underground movement after escaping from a Soviet detention camp in 1939. He served as a courier for the underground, ferrying messages between occupied Poland and the exiled Polish leaders, before he was captured and brutally tortured by the Gestapo. 

"Where are we going, where are they taking us?" The Second World War is about to start, but life for a young boy in a small town in Albania is still a game.

May 1940. Fleeing a glamorous Manhattan life built on lies, Claire Harris arrives in Paris with a romantic vision of starting anew. But she didn't anticipate the sight of Nazi soldiers marching under the Arc de Triomphe. Her plans smashed by the German occupation, the once- privileged socialite's only option is to take a job in a flower shop under the tutelage of a sophisticated Parisian florist.

'Remarkable, affecting . . . There are few more interesting stories than this; and few writers who could have told it better' 
Rachel Cusk, Daily Telegraph

A wartime story of love, courage and the ties that bind

Sam Delon is a young Frenchman born and raised in Japan.   Florence Carter has led a quiet and lonely life in her native Australia.   One meeting on a Sydney beach is enough to create a lasting bond between the unlikely pair – and enough to share a secret with the potential to transform Sam's life.

The persimmon tree is a symbol of life, a heartwood that will outlast everything man can make . . .

It is 1942 in the Dutch East Indies, and Nick Duncan is a young Australian butterfly collector in search of a single exotic butterfly. With invading Japanese forces coming closer by the day, Nick falls in love with the beguiling Anna van Heerden.

Holding on to the one thing you love the most was never so hard . . .

Berlin, 1932.  Thirteen-year-old Gabriella Schramm's is living a happy and privileged life.  But as Hitler rises to power, things quickly change.  People who were once trustworthy are now Nazis.  And many of her friends are fleeing the country or being taken away.  To cope, Gaby turns to the comfort of her...

THE BRILLIANT NEW SAS THRILLER IN THE BESTSELLING SECOND WORLD WAR SERIES, 
DEATH OR GLORY

EGYPT, OCTOBER 1942:
The battle for North Africa rages along the coast . . . Punching their way deep behind enemy lines, the newly formed SAS carries out daring raids against the Germans.