Resistance

by Kate Furnivall

Amsterdam, 1940. Anika van de Ende knows she is lucky to be alive.

She and her husband Ruud van de Ende were enjoying Sunday lunch with her parents on her father's country estate when the Nazi troops arrived. By the time they left, only Anika was alive, spared to spread the word among her Dutch neighbours about what would happen to anyone who challenged the authority of the German Reich.

Fuelled by hatred, Anika transforms herself into one of the most ruthless assassins within the Dutch Resistance organisation. But when she is betrayed and almost killed, she is suddenly forced to question the motives of everyone around her. Is there a collaborator within the group? And could it be Ludo, the man she has fallen in love with?

Praise for Kate Furnivall's
'A masterclass in historical fiction writing. An absolute triumph!' DINAH JEFFERIES
'Kate Furnivall has really steeped herself in the period and faced the horrors of those times' DILLY COURT
'The plotting is ingenious and the writing beautifully atmospheric' GILL PAUL
'Unforgettable characters negotiate desperate times in this vivid, brave and suspenseful novel' RACHEL HORE
'Kate Furnivall has a gift for description, heartbreak and joy'JANE CORRY
'A harrowing and compelling portrait' FIONA VALPY

Kindle Edition

Expected publication February 25, 2027

About the author

Kate Furnivall was raised in Penarth, a small seaside town in Wales. Her mother, whose own childhood was spent in Russia, China and India, discovered at an early age that the world around us is so volatile, that the only things of true value are those inside your head and your heart. These values Kate explores in The Russian Concubine.

Kate went to London University where she studied English and from there she went into publishing, writing material for a series of books on the canals of Britain. Then into advertising where she met her future husband, Norman. She travelled widely, giving her an insight into how different cultures function which was to prove invaluable when writing The Russian Concubine.

It was when her mother died in 2000 that Kate decided to write a book inspired by her mother's story. The Russian Concubine contains fictional characters and events, but Kate made use of the extraordinary situation that was her mother's childhood experience - that of two White Russian refugees, a mother and daughter, stuck without money or papers in an International Settlement in China.