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A hero of France : a novel / Alan Furst.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Fiction Furst Hero
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Furst, Alan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Fiction.
- France.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France--Fiction.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Genre:
- War stories.
- Physical Description:
- 234 pages : maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Random House, [2016]
- Summary:
- "Alan Furst goes to war: Occupied Paris for the first time since Red Gold (1999 pub), Furst has set this novel during the war itself, instead of on the eve of the war. Members of the French Resistance network young and old, aristocrats and schoolteachers,defiant heroes and ordinary people all engaged in clandestine actions in the cause of freedom. From the secret hotels and Nazi-infested nightclubs of Paris to the villages of Rouen and Orleans. An action-packed story of romance, intrigue, spies, bravery,and air battles"-- Provided by publisher.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780812996494 : HRD
- 0812996496 : HRD
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