The Children’s War Format:Paperback His monthly column for ‘The

His monthly column for ‘The Times’ has become an institution

In the eighties

Struggling to unearth answers and bring peace to the beleaguered realm

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The Children’s War Format:Paperback His monthly column for ‘TheA heartrending coming of age novel set in a war torn Europe, The Childrens War is subtle and romantic literary fiction at its best. A young girl sits alone in a station waiting room in Marseilles. Part Jewish, Ilse has been sent out of Nazi Germany to safety in Morocco by her mother. This is the beginning of an uneasy life, shifting across borders, blown by circumstances beyond her control. Fleeing through France as the Nazis invade, she is thrown in