Maggie Brookes

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  • Bibliography:
    3 Books
  • First Book:
    February 2016
  • Latest Book:
    August 2022
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About the Author

Maggie Brookes is an ex-journalist and BBC TV documentary producer, turned poet and novelist. She’s also an associate professor at Middlesex University, and an advisory fellow of the Royal Literary Fund.

The Prisoner’s Wife is based on a true story told to her in a lift, by a World War II prisoner of war. Maggie visited Czechoslovakia, Poland and Germany as part of her research for the book, uncovering largely forgotten aspects of the war. Although the story can be harrowing at times, it’s also about the power of friendship and of love.

Book List in Order: 3 titles

  • House of Dreams

    In 1945, the war is finally over and everyone is celebrating. Everyone except Julia Cunningham, who is secretly dreading the return of her husband. The war has made him little more than a stranger to her and their two young daughters. Itâ...

  • The Prisoner's Wife

    Inspired by the true story of a daring deception that plunges a courageous young woman deep into the horrors of a Nazi POW camp to be with the man she loves. In the dead of night, a Czech farm girl and a British soldier travel through the countrys...

  • Acts of Love and War

    A remarkable story of love and sacrifice centred on three young English volunteers in the bloody Spanish Civil War, from the author of The Prisoner's Wife.1936. Civil war is tearing Spain apart, and the world is on the brink of chaos...  Tw...



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Maggie Brookes has published 3 books.

Maggie Brookes does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Acts of Love and War, was published in August 2022.

The first book by Maggie Brookes, House of Dreams, was published in February 2016.

No. Maggie Brookes does not write books in series.
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