Armistice Day is celebrated every year on 11 November to commemorate the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I, which took effect at eleven o’clock in the morning—the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of 1918.

The date was declared a national holiday in many allied nations, to commemorate those members of the armed forces who were killed during war.

The Initial or Very First Armistice Day was held at Buckingham Palace commencing with King George V hosting a “Banquet in Honour of The President of the French Republic” during the evening hours of November 10, 1919. The First Official Armistice Day was subsequently held on the Grounds of Buckingham Palace on the Morning of November 11th. 1919. This would set the trend for a day of Remembrance for decades to come.

After World War II, the name of the holiday was changed to Veterans Day in the United States and to Remembrance Day in the countries of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Armistice Day remains an official holiday in France and Belgium, very well respected and celebrated.

So today for Armistice Day, I would like to highlight the books presented on France Book Tours related to World War I and World War II.

Please click on the book cover to access the tours and the many reviews:

and a special warrior, further back in history

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE WAR NOVEL?

As promised, we have 2 winners for October!

Click on the book covers to access the Tours and their wonderful reviews

THE WINNER OF

IS

JORIE

at

JORIE LOVES A STORY

As Jorie is the first reader Random.org chose,
Jorie’s blog will also be featured on France Book Tours for the whole month of November.

Please go visit her great website

AND THE WINNER OF

IS

LUCY

at

ENCHANTED BY JOSEPHINE

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And now, why not enter
the November book of the month giveaway,
with 3 books to choose from!

Note:

when you enter a giveaway, I keep your email address only until a winner has been chosen and has confirmed. After that, I delete the form where your answers were stored during the duration of the giveaway. If you win and you email me your mailing address, I delete this email and its information as soon as I have mailed you the book.

Today and tomorrow
there’s a flash sale for
The Greenland Breach!

Flash launch #sale on Amazon for The Greenland Breach.

60% off regular price.

Today and tomorrow only.

#kindle #deal

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G53931S

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Read more about it here

Visit the bloggers

Author Bernard BESSON

on Tour

October 28 – November 6, 2013

with his spy thriller:

The Greenland Breach

 Release date: October 30, 2013
from Le French Book

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SYNOPSIS

A stylish, fast-paced spy thriller about the intrigue, economic warfare and struggles for natural resources promised by global warming. The Arctic ice caps are breaking up. Europe and the East Coast of the Unites States brace for a tidal wave. Meanwhile, former French intelligence officer John Spencer Larivière, his karate-trained, steamy Eurasian partner, Victoire, and their bisexual computer-genius sidekick, Luc, pick up an ordinary freelance assignment that quickly leads them into the glacial silence of the great north, where a merciless war is being waged for control of discoveries that will change the future of humanity.
A plausible vision of climate catastrophe combines with French freelance spies and Bond-like action forming a gripping page-turner of a thriller.[provided by the publisher]

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AUTHOR AND TRANSLATOR

ADVANCE PRAISE
[AS FEATURED ON THE PUBLISHER’S WEBSITE]