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The Diamond Courier: A Gripping WW2 Story of Love, Loss, and the Diamond Industry (A Resistance Girl Novel) by Hannah Byron [Byron, Hannah] is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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At nineteen Lili Hamilton does not want to marry Iain Brodie, her father's right hand at Betteshanger Colliery and settle for a domestic life. But her aspirations as a political journalist are thwarted when she is instead sent to a finishing school in Switzerland in the summer of 1939. On her way to Lausanne she meets Leo Oppenheim in Paris. He is not only the leader of the British communist party but also the prodigal son of Chaim Oppenheim, London's richest diamond merchant. Lili's time at the posh Swiss school even becomes bearable knowing Leo will take her under his wing.The Second World War breaks out and Lili ends up in London, finally indulging in free love and communism. But Leopold needs money, for his personal needs and for the communist party. He has his eye on the largest diamond centre in Europe: Antwerp. However, Germany, too, is in dire need of Antwerp's diamonds for its war industry. Lili infiltrates in Antwerp's Jewish community and befriends both the Goldmunz family and the German military commander Ulrich Lemberg. She becomes the diamond courier between Antwerp and London via Vichy France.Until she is caught in 1943 ... The Diamond Courier is a young woman's figh

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Author
Hannah Byron [Byron, Hannah]
Publisher
Hannah Byron Books
Published
2020
Language
EN
ISBN
9789083089218
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
History, Historical Fiction, Historical
Rating
4.5 / 5 (824 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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