Ken Follett

There had been about two hundred Danish ships at sea on the morning of April 9, 1940, when Hitler invaded Denmark.

Tilde took the cigarette from Peter’s fingers, put it to her own mouth, drew in smoke, and handed the cigarette back. It was an intimate gesture, and he felt almost as if she had kissed him.

he had thought, the house would be filled with the laughter of children, and then his dream would have come true.

Instead it had turned into a nightmare.