The diamond eye. [online electronic audiobook]
The diamond eye. [online electronic audiobook]
By
:
Quinn, Kate.
Publication Date
:
2022
Subject Term
:
Electronic books.
Audiobooks -- Unabridged.
Snipers -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Biographical fiction.
War stories.
Spy stories.
Historical fiction.
Additional Contributors
:
Maarleveld, Saskia,
Performer
:
Read by Saskia Maarleveld.
Summary
:
In 1937 in the snowbound city of Kiev (now known as Kyiv), wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son--but Hitler's invasion of Ukraine and Russia sends her on a different path. Given a rifle and sent to join the fight, Mila must forge herself from studious girl to deadly sniper--a lethal hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death. When news of her three hundredth kill makes her a national heroine, Mila finds herself torn from the bloody battlefields of the eastern front and sent to America on a goodwill tour. Still reeling from war wounds and devastated by loss, Mila finds herself isolated and lonely in the glittering world of Washington, DC--until an unexpected friendship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and an even more unexpected connection with a silent fellow sniper offer the possibility of happiness. But when an old enemy from Mila's past joins forces with a deadly new foe lurking in the shadows, Lady Death finds herself battling her own demons and enemy bullets in the deadliest duel of her life.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780062943538
General Note
:
Based on a true story.
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Provincial Public Libraries | Electronic Audio Bk | Electronic Audio Book | Electronic record |