A debut novel set in 1944 war-torn Czechoslovakia amid the extreme privations of a prisoner of war camp. Based on a true story, passion, heroism and a love that transcends overwhelming odds.
Maggie Brookes is an ex-journalist and BBC TV historical documentary producer, turned novelist and poet. She relishes uncovering stories about the strength of women and the power of friendship and love in the most terrible of circumstances. Acts of Love and War is about love and courage in the brutal Spanish civil war. The Prisoner's Wife - based on an extraordinary true story of WW2 - was published around the world in 2020. Maggie taught Creative Writing at Middlesex University for thirty years and has had six poetry collections published under the name Maggie Butt.
An absorbing and engaging tale of wartime bravery and endurance.
Bill and Izabela are such tenderly drawn characters…I loved it!
*Rachel Hore, author of Last Letter Home and The Memory Garden*
A deeply moving and compelling read… A heart-rending story
beautifully told.
*Judith Allnat, author of The Poet’s Wife and The Silk Factory*
Heart-wrenching’
*Woman & Home*
Based on the experiences of real people and real events, The
Prisoner’s Wife seamlessly and skilfully breathes intense, fully
realised life into the stark scenes it describes. The author shows
us love's ability to inspire the deepest devotion as well as acts
of unimaginable sacrifice and bravery. I was by turns moved,
outraged and humbled.
*Deborah Kay Davies, author of True Things About Me*
…A powerful love story that exquisitely depicts the courage and
strength of the human spirit in the face of the tremendous cost of
war.
*Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author The Last Train
to Key West*
A powerful page-turner.
*Marie Benedict, New York Times bestselling author of Lady
Clementine*
You will be spellbound by this stellar debut.
*Susan Meissner, Bestselling author of The Last Year of the
War*
Perhaps the most unique World War II story I’ve ever read.. A
complete winner.
*Sarah-Jane Stratford, Author of Red Letter Days*
An engrossing, harrowing and heart-warming novel that reveals
humanity at its best and worst.
*Ann Morgan, author of Reading The World*
It is a story that Hemingway might have envied.
*Juliet Gardiner, author of Wartime; Britain 1939 to 1945 and The
Blitz; The British Under Attack.*
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