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Maggie Brookes is a British ex-journalist and BBC television producer turned poet and novelist.
The Prisoner’s Wife is based on an extraordinary true story of love and courage, told to her by an ex-WW2 prisoner of war. Maggie visited the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany as part of her research for the book, learning largely forgotten aspects of the war.
The Prisoner’s Wife is due to be published by imprints of Penguin Random House in the UK and in the US in May 2020. Publication in other countries, including Holland, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic will follow.
As well as being a writer, Maggie is an advisory fellow for the Royal Literary Fund and also an Associate Professor at Middlesex University, London, England, ...more

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	The Prisoner's Wife 4.06 avg rating — 4,390 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Acts of Love and War 3.67 avg rating — 372 ratings — published 2022 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	House of Dreams 3.95 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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This is a breath-taking story of terror and magic, courage and love, told in vivid prose and with deep compassion and perception. This novel is set in the year 785 when the Celtic people of the Irish coast were repeatedly invaded by Vikings. Catherin ...more
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“The Spanish poet Lorca wrote, 'To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.' And now I have lifted that punishment from my heart and I feel free for the first time in years because I can say - you are my darling”
― Maggie Brookes, Acts of Love and War

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“But all she would remember was the way they stopped and stared as though she was a vision, as though she could become the fixed point in the turmoil of their lives. As though she would save them.”
― Maggie Brookes, Acts of Love and War

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