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Traveling Back in Time to World War II

Traveling back in time, from Oxford circa 2060 into the thick of World War II, was a routine excursion for three British historians eager to study first-hand the heroism and horrors of the Dunkirk evacuation and the London Blitz. But getting marooned in war-torn 1940 England has turned Michael Davies, Merope Ward, and Polly Churchill from temporal tourists into besieged citizens struggling to survive Hitler's devastating onslaught.

A Dangerous Twist in Time-Travel Theory

• The impossibility of altering past events has always been a core belief of time-travel theory—but it may be tragically wrong.
• Discrepancies in the historical record begin cropping up, suggesting that one or all of the future visitors have somehow changed the past—and, ultimately, the outcome of the war.

A Riveting Tale by Connie Willis

Award-winning author Connie Willis returns with a stunning, enormously entertaining novel of time travel, war, and the deeds—great and small—of ordinary people who shape history.