Wickwythe Hall
Winner, Historical Fiction, 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
May 1940. Hitler invades France, a move that threatens all of Europe, and three lives intersect at Wickwythe Hall, an opulent estate in the English countryside—a beautiful French refugee, a take-charge American heiress, and a charming champagne vendeur with ties to Roosevelt and Churchill, who isn’t what he seems. There, secrets and unexpected liaisons unfold, until a shocking tragedy in a far off Algerian port binds them forever…
Wickwythe Hall is inspired by actual people, places and events, including Operation Catapult, a sea action in which Churchill launched a bloody attack on the French fleet to keep the powerful ships out of Hitler’s reach. Over 1,000 French sailors, who just days before fought side-by-side with the British, perished. Humanizing this forgotten piece of history, Wickwythe Hall takes the reader behind the blackout curtains of upper-class England, through the bustling private quarters of Churchill's Downing Street, and along the tense back alleys of occupied Vichy, illustrating what it took to survive in the dark, early days of World War II.
Wickwythe Hall has received a number of awards, including: Winner, Historical Fiction, 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards; 2018 IPPY Award Winner for Best Regional Fiction (Europe); and 2018 Reader Views Readers Choice Award for Historical Fiction.
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“If you love history, beautifully rendered characters, and stories that will tug at your heart, add Wickwythe Hall to your list. ”
“Little’s characterization of Churchill is so well done. She makes his personality and presence so real. A good read with a satisfying ending.”