War in the shadows : resistance, deception and betrayal in occupied France / Patrick Marnham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marnham, Patrick, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--United States.

France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.

France.

History.

Secret service.

War--Underground movements.

Great Britain.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 363 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Oneworld, 2020.

Summary:

In 1962 the young Patrick Marnham set off by car for a small village in central France. There he was taught French by an imperious countess, who he later discovered had fought in the Resistance until, betrayed, she was sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp. On the very same day that his hostess's network was broken, Jean Moulin, de Gaulle's delegate as head of the combined Resistance forces, was arrested in Lyons, where he was tortured by Klaus Barbie before dying in Gestapo custody. Was this coincidence, or were these events connected? The anonymous letter writer suggested a key to the mystery. Using a knowledge of France gained from 12 years as the Independent's Paris correspondent, and subsequent research in archives in England and France, Marnham set out to discover the truth about the betrayal of the old lady who had become his tutor and friend. Following a trail leading from London through Occupied Europe to the rank and file Resistance in lost corners of France, he has unravelled the story of a complex wartime deception, involving British, American and French intelligence services. The War in the Shadows shines a light on the brutality and cynicism of the Secret War and reveals how it was actually fought. The result is a story of ruthless double-dealing worthy of John le Carré, but with this difference: it is not a fiction.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I The House by the River

1. Summer of '62

The Lost Domain

2. The Visitors' Book

3. The Fugitive

pt. II A Childish and Deadly Game

4. `Setting Whitehall Ablaze'

5. The Swamps and the Forest

6. A Network Called Adolphe

7. Dreaming Up a Second Front

8. `That Jeanne d'Arc in trousers'

9. The Fall of PROSPER

pt. III Settling Scores

10. The Purge

11. The Jurors of Honour

12. Questions in Parliament

pt. IV The Mystery of Caluire

13. Inside 84 Avenue Foch

14. The House of Doctor Dugoujon

15. A Resistance Legend Is Born

16. The Trial of Commissioner Aubrac

pt. V The Secret War

17. The Remarkable Immunity of Madame Delettraz

18. Setting History Ablaze!

19. The Last Mission of Jack Agazarian

20. Colonel Dansey's Private War

21. The Depths of Deception.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781786078094

1786078090

OCLC:

1173833459