The diamond eye : a novel [electronic resource] / Kate Quinn, New York times bestselling author of The rose code.
The New York Times bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable World War II tale of a quiet librarian who becomes history's deadliest female sniper. Based on a true story. In the snowbound city of Kiev, wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life around her library job and her young son-but Hitler's invasion of 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. Based on a true story, The Diamond Eye is a haunting novel of heroism born of desperation, of a mother who became a soldier, of a woman who found her place in the world and changed the course of history forever.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062943538
- ISBN: 0062943537
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (12hr., 51 min.)) : digital.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [United States] : HarperAudio, 2022.
- Distributor: Made available through hoopla
Content descriptions
Restrictions on Access Note: | Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Saskia Maarleveld. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject: | Pavlychenko, Li︠u︡dmyla Mykhaĭlivna, 1916-1974 > Fiction. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Soviet Union > Fiction. Snipers > Fiction. Women soldiers > Fiction. |