I believe the main character in the book you're looking for is Prince Corwin of Amber and the book is called Nine Princes in Amber which was the first book in the Chronicles of Amber books. The author is Roger Zelazny. Let me know if this is what you were looking for!
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.