The Channel Islands: A Bibliography

• About Reba
• About Dave
• Print Collecting, Part 1
• Print Collecting, Part 2
• Writing Classes and Schools
• On Being a Bookworm
• Settings 1: Oxford, England
• Settings 2: Cornwall, England
• The Channel Islands: A Bibliography
• Hooks, Lines and Sequels
• The Novel in Letters
• The Birth, Death and Resurrection of the Footnote
• Framing the Novel: The Prologue and the Epilogue
• Writing Southern Dialect
• Stonington: A Bibliography
• The Golden Age of Detective Fiction
• The Cozier the Better
• Have Hard-Boiled Mysteries Become Overdone?
  

Fiction

Binding, Tim, Island Madness. 1998 (Guernsey during the German occupation during World
     War II)

Bunting, Madeleine. The Model Occupation, 1995, 2004 (The Channel Islands under German
     rule 1940-45)

Cone, Libby. War on the Margins, 2009 (Jersey during World War II)

De Garis, Marie. Folklore of Guernsey, 1975 (Fairytales, ghosts, ancient customs, etc.)

Edwards, G.B. The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, 1981 (Chronicle of a life spent on Guernsey)

George, Elizabeth. A Place of Hiding, 2003 (Contemporary murder mystery set in Guernsey)

Goudge, Elizabeth. Island Magic, 1934 (A delightful children’s book set in 19^th-century
    Guernsey)

Goudge, Elizabeth. Make Believe (Short stories about the characters introduced in Island Magic)

Higgins, Jack. A Game for Heroes, 1970 (During WWII, a British soldier is captured following a
    raid on St. Pierre, a fictional island, probably modeled on Jersey)

Hugo, Victor. The Toilers of the Sea, 1866 (The story of an illiterate fisherman in the Channel
    Islands. Intended to be part of a triptych with Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre
    Dame)

Leroy, Margaret. The Soldier’s Wife, 2011 (Romance set in Guernsey during World War II)

Mackenzie, Compton. Fairy Gold, 1926 (A love story set on the Island of Merg, the name the
    author gave to Crevichon, on his own island, Herm)

Robinson, Derek. Kramer’s War, 1977 (Kramer is an American airman shot down over Jersey,
    where he tries to incite a resistance movement)

Shaffer, Mary Ann and Annie Barrows. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society,
    2004 (A charming best-selling novel, set in Guernsey during World War II)

Walters, Guy. The Occupation, 2005 (Thriller, set in Alderney in 1945, and in 1990)

Videos

Island at War. (Set on the fictional island of St. Gregory, drawing on the experience of Channel Islanders under Nazi occupation.) Masterpiece Theatre, DVD, 2004.

Enemy at the Door. Series 1 (2002) and 2 (2002), London Weekend Television, Granada, DVD, Channel Islands during WWII

Higgins, Jack. Night of the Fox. Miniseries. Allied special agents must rescue (or kill) a U.S. Navy Colonel on German-held Jersey before Nazis learn secrets about D. Day plans. (As seen on A&E.)