Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Resistance is an alternate history novel by Welsh poet and author Owen Sheers. The plot centers around the inhabitants of a valley near Abergavenny in Wales in 1944–45, shortly after the failure of Operation Overlord and a successful German counter-invasion of Britain (see Operation Sea Lion), and a group of German Wehrmacht soldiers who stay there after the wives' husbands leave to serve in the covert British Resistance. The novel follows abandoned farmer's wife, Sarah Lewis and German commanding officer, Albrecht Wolfram as they form an unlikely relationship in spite of their backgrounds and political standings. The novel was adapted for film in 2011. The Hereford Mappa Mundi features prominently in the book.. }
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- Resistance_(Owen_Sheers_novel) abstract "Resistance is an alternate history novel by Welsh poet and author Owen Sheers. The plot centers around the inhabitants of a valley near Abergavenny in Wales in 1944–45, shortly after the failure of Operation Overlord and a successful German counter-invasion of Britain (see Operation Sea Lion), and a group of German Wehrmacht soldiers who stay there after the wives' husbands leave to serve in the covert British Resistance. The novel follows abandoned farmer's wife, Sarah Lewis and German commanding officer, Albrecht Wolfram as they form an unlikely relationship in spite of their backgrounds and political standings. The novel was adapted for film in 2011. The Hereford Mappa Mundi features prominently in the book.".