Ebury pre-empts WW2 diary of Polish teenager

The diary of a Polish teenager, Renia Spiegel, who was shot dead on the streets by Nazi soldiers weeks after her 18th birthday, has been pre-empted by Ebury’s Clare Bullock after 70 years of lying unread in a drawer. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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