{"product_id":"true-love-stories-from-world-amelia-kenton-9798396908727","title":"True Love Stories from World War One (WWI): Inspiring Couples from Back in Time","description":"Love and war are easy to begin but hard to end... as these 11 true-life WWI love stories reveal.\u003cp\u003eWorld War I took 20 million lives and wounded 21 million people. It led to the fall of four great imperial dynasties, resulted in the Bolshevik Revolution, and destabilized Europe, laying the groundwork for WWII.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt also \u003cb\u003ebrought passionate lovers together and tore them apart\u003c\/b\u003e. It gave soldiers a reason to live and nurses a cause to travel to far-off lands, sometimes in the hopes of being reunited with their lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book sheds light on \u003cb\u003e11 epic love stories\u003c\/b\u003e, some of which feature \u003cb\u003eleading historical figures\u003c\/b\u003e-including Franz Ferdinand, whose death sparked the war itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome stories have happy endings and some end in desolation. However, each is \u003cb\u003ea celebration of deep, enduring love\u003c\/b\u003e... the kind that is patient, unconditional, and eternal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrue love has a myriad of paths that lead to the same beating heart. Sometimes it begins with friendship; at other times it is a blazing fire that leaves you with only one direction to run to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin the pages of this book, you will find love stories that took place in different corners of the globe. If they prove one thing, it is that \u003cb\u003eloves knows no barriers, sees no differences, and imposes no conditions.\u003c\/b\u003e There is nothing that two people who are truly in love wouldn't do to be together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach and every couple's story is a lesson in love, a beacon for young star-crossed lovers, and a ray of hope for those who may be separated or challenged by time, distance, or disapproving families.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of the many highlights include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe heartwarming story of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the lady-in-waiting, Sophie Chotek-a couple from \u003cb\u003edifferent sides of society\u003c\/b\u003e who defied all odds and chose love over position\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe young woman whose husband's life was violently taken in a shell explosion, and who \u003cb\u003ewrote poems of love to comfort other women\u003c\/b\u003e who had experienced the same unbearable loss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe letters a young woman continued to write to her lover, a soldier who had perished on the battlefield many years before\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe close calls with death experienced by a couple who remained resilient in the face of deadly battles and attacks, hopeful that they would one day be reunited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWinston Churchill's powerful love for his wife, Clementine\u003c\/b\u003e, whom he wrote to from the trenches, \u003cb\u003econvinced that the war would take his life\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe story of a young soldier who was caught in a German-occupied French village-and a young woman who fell in love with him and helped hide him from the enemy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA \u003cb\u003esoldier and a nurse who saw, first-hand, the devastation that war brings\u003c\/b\u003e, yet who maintained a supportive friendship that was transformed into a deep and abiding love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd much more.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is more than a recollection of individual stories. It is a testimony to the power of love and its great importance to human beings during the bleakest times in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove gives us something to fight, live, and die for. It is a force that is incomparable to any other emotion.\u003c\/p\u003eIf nothing warms your heart like reading about couples whose love defied all odds during war-torn times, then scroll up and click \"Add to Cart\" right now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amelia Kenton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8396908729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798396908727\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d","brand":"Amelia Kenton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44809763062015,"sku":"9798396908727","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f91df492-320f-4cdd-abfb-3af0d24089a7.jpg?v=1707927406","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/true-love-stories-from-world-amelia-kenton-9798396908727","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}