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The Lifeline: A Wartime Saga Set in Nazi-Occupied Norway by Deborah Swift is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Lifeline: A Wartime Saga Set in Nazi-Occupied Norway about?
From the heart of Norway to Shetland in Scotland, one couple fight to overthrow the Nazis 1942, Nazi-occupied Norway Schoolteacher Astrid Dahl has always kept out of trouble. But when she is told to teach the fascist Nazi curriculum, she refuses and starts a teachers rebellion, persuading eight thousand teachers to go on strike. The Germans arrest her, and terrified of what punishment her trial might bring, she is forced to go into hiding. Astrid's boyfriend, Jrgen Nystrm, has joined the Norwegian Resistance. When his cover is blown he escapes to Shetland where he is taken on as crew for the Shetland Bus; a dangerous clandestine operation of small fishing boats that supply arms and intelligence to war-torn Norway. In Shetland, hearing Astrid is in trouble, Jrgen sets off through enemy waters to meet her. But the Nazis have a spy on Shetland and have been tipped off about the Shetland Bus. With the enemy in pursuit from both directions, will Astrid and Jrgen be able to find each other? Or will they be separated forever by the brutal Nazi regime? THE LIFELINE is a moving war & military saga following the separate stories of a young man and woman through the years of the Second World
Who reads The Lifeline: A Wartime Saga Set in Nazi-Occupied Norway?
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Deborah Swift
- Publisher
- Sapere Books
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781800551466
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (1,197 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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