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The Girl Who Told The Truth by Catherine Hokin

13 January 2026 By Editor

Buy The Girl Who Told The Truth by Catherine Hokin

It’s London in 1941, and the war has already taken everything from Annie.

Her sweetheart, Harry, returned from the front with broken limbs and grief-stricken eyes, and her father betrayed his family by joining the Nazis.

But with each new day at her desk in the War Office, a flame burns inside her to right her father’s wrongs and do everything she can to stop the war.

At the Nuremberg Trials in 1946 the war may be over, but the search for justice is just beginning.

Annie’s stomach churns when she sees Margarete outside the courtroom.

This woman stole her father away and was one of the last people inside Hitler’s bunker. Since the war ended, Margarete has continued to support the Nazis. Annie knows this is her only chance to expose her.

The Girl Who Told The Truth by Catherine Hokin is published on 13 January, 2026.

Read Catherine’s feature about how fascist beliefs held on after the war.

To see more historical books coming out this year, have a look at Historia’s round-up of over 110 new publications.

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