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The note through the wire : the incredible true story of a prisoner of war and a resistance heroine

Gold, Doug (author.).

Summary: The Note Through the Wire is a true World War II love story about a Slovenian partisan, Josefine Lobnik, and a New Zealand prisoner of war, Bruce Murray, who met by chance when she pushed a note through the barbed wire fence of a POW camp. A series of remarkable coincidences saw their lives intersect, but they had to overcome extraordinary obstacles to realise their dream of a life together. On one level this is a rollicking yarn, with tales of intrigue, daring, resistance, retaliation and escape. On another it's a fascinating account of the resistance movement, the disastrous Allied Greek campaign, the harshness of wartime life in a conquered nation, the civil tensions that divided a young country and the barbarity of the advancing Soviet forces. But at its heart this is an against-all-odds love story between a POW and a local freedom fighter - a true story with all the elements of fast-paced fiction.

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  • ISBN: 9780063072541 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: print
    regular print
    viii, 325 pages : maps, portraits ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]

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General Note:
"Originally published as The note through the wire in Australia and New Zealand in 2019 by Allen & Unwin"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Lobnik, Josefine
Murray, Bruce
Stalag 383 (Hohenfels, Germany : Concentration camp)
Soldiers -- New Zealand -- Biography
Prisoners of war -- Yugoslavia -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Yugoslavia
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, New Zealand
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 10 of 10 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tumbler Ridge Public Library.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Tumbler Ridge Public Library ANF 940.54 GOLD (Text) TRL31147 Entertaining Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -


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