The Dressmaker of Dachau [electronic resource]
Chamberlain, Mary2015
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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Spring 1939. Taken prisoner by the Nazis, eighteen-year-old Ada is forced into a life of slavery and horror in Dachau concentration camp. Her skill as a seamstress is the only bargaining chip she has against the brutal SS guards. Back in London, she dreamed of being a world-renowned designer; now she must sew to save her life...but at what cost? For readers of THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ and THE LIBRARIAN OF AUSCHWITZ, this is a powerful and moving story of courage and resilience, betrayal and passion.
Main title:
The Dressmaker of Dachau [electronic resource] / Mary Chamberlain
Author:
Chamberlain, Mary, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins Publishers, 2015
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Mary Chamberlain has lived and worked in England and the Caribbean, and is Emeritus Professor of History at Oxford Brookes University. Her book, Fenwomen, was the first to be published by Virago Press in 1975. Since then she has written many books on women's history, oral history and Caribbean history. She is a graduate of the acclaimed Creative Writing MA at Royal Holloway, University of London and now lives in London with her husband.
ISBN:
9780007591541
Language:
English
BRN:
2798208
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