Ike and Kay
- 356 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Ike and Kay is a thrilling tale of wartime romance, brimming with love, duty, sacrifice and heartbreak, set against the backdrop of the most tumultuous period of the twentieth century.
James MacManus is the author of "Black Venus," a vivid novel exploring the relationship between Charles Baudelaire and his lover Jeanne Duval. Duval, a Haitian cabaret singer, inspired Baudelaire's most famous and controversial poems. Set in nineteenth-century Paris, MacManus's novel delves into this compelling connection and its artistic legacy. His previous works include "On the Broken Shore" and "Ocean Devil," a biography of George Hogg that was adapted into a film.


Ike and Kay is a thrilling tale of wartime romance, brimming with love, duty, sacrifice and heartbreak, set against the backdrop of the most tumultuous period of the twentieth century.
The paperback edition of MacManus brilliant historical novel: as the threat of war escalates in Berlin 1938, might clandestine love hold the key to an unlikely peace? Based on the true story of Colonel Noel Mason-MacFarlane and that of the infamous Berlin bordello, Salon Kitty