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To say that Catherine Bailey makes history come alive is such a cliché and yet it's so true, she is absolutely one of my favourite writers

Bailey has an extraordinary talent for bringing history to life and The Lost Boys is as thrilling as any novel

Extraordinary. A rich and deep portrait. . . a gripping read

Riveting, important, reads like a terrifying thriller. So harrowing there were moments I had to put the book down. Bailey has an extraordinary ability to penetrate right to the heart of a family and uncover painful stories

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A brilliant analysis of senseless cruelty, and an inspiring account of how hope can still triumph over all odds

The True Story of a Mother, her Missing Sons and the Plot to Kill Hitler

Berlin, September 1944. Ulrich von Hassell, former ambassador to Italy, is executed for his part in an assassination plot against Hitler. 
 
In a remote castle in Italy, von Hassell's beloved daughter, Fey, is arrested. The SS seize her two sons, aged three and two. Fey is dragged away to the darkest corners of a Europe savaged by war, with no idea of her children's fate. 
 
Moving from a palazzo in the heart of the Italian countryside to the horrors of Buchenwald, Catherine Bailey tells an extraordinary story of resistance at the heart of the Second World War. The Lost Boys is an illuminating and devastating account of great personal sacrifice, of loss and, above all, of defiance.

**Formerly published as The Lost Boys** 
 
'As thrilling as any novel. Bailey has an extraordinary talent for bringing history to life' Kate Atkinson 
 
'Remarkable. A powerful, engrossing story of a journey into the heart of darkness and final escape from it' Sunday Times 
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In September, 1944, the SS march into a remote Italian castle, arrest a mother and seize her two sons, aged just two and three. If Hitler has his way she will never see them again. For Fey Pirzio-Biroli is the daughter of Ulrich von Hassell, executed days before after the failed assassination of the Fuhrer. 
 
Mercilessly cast into the Nazi death machine, Fey must cling to the hope that one day she will escape and rescue her lost children . . . 
 
An extraordinary story of resistance at the heart of the Second World War, Fey's War is an illuminating and devastating true account of great personal sacrifice, of loss and, above all, of defiance. 
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'Riveting, important, reads like a terrifying thriller' Daily Telegraph 
 
'Heartbreaking. It started with a plot to kill Hitler. It ended in one of the most astonishing and moving stories of the war' Daily Mail 
 
'Extraordinary. A rich, deep, gripping read' Guardian 
 
'As thrilling as any novel. Bailey has an extraordinary talent for bringing history to life' Kate Atkinson

Catherine Bailey is the author of two bestselling works of twentieth-century history: Black Diamonds and The Secret Rooms. She lives in London.

Fey's War

The True Story of a Mother, her Missing Sons and the Plot to Kill Hitler

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