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"Love and war are easy to begin but hard to end... as these 11 true-life WWI love stories reveal.World 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. It also brought passionate lovers together and tore them apart. 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. This book sheds light on 11 epic love stories, some of which feature leading historical figures-including Franz Ferdinand, whose death sparked the war itself. Some stories have happy endings and some end in desolation. However, each is a celebration of deep, enduring love... the kind that is patient, unconditional, and eternal. True 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. Within 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 loves knows no barriers, sees no differences, and imposes no conditions. There is nothing that two people who are truly in love wouldn't do to be together. Each 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. Some of the many highlights include: The heartwarming story of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the lady-in-waiting, Sophie Chotek-a couple from different sides of society who defied all odds and chose love over position The young woman whose husband's life was violently taken in a shell explosion, and who wrote poems of love to comfort other women who had experienced the same unbearable loss The letters a young woman continued to write to her lover, a soldier who had perished on the battlefield many years before The 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 Winston Churchill's powerful love for his wife, Clementine, whom he wrote to from the trenches, convinced that the war would take his life The 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 A soldier and a nurse who saw, first-hand, the devastation that war brings, yet who maintained a supportive friendship that was transformed into a deep and abiding love And much more. This 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. Love gives us something to fight, live, and die for. It is a force that is incomparable to any other emotion. If 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."

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