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In the shadow of the fire / Hervé Le Corre ; translated from the French by Tina Kover.
LIBRA PQ2712.E145 D3613 2021
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Le Corre, Hervé, 1955- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Dans l'ombre du brasier. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Abduction--France--Paris--Fiction.
- Abduction.
- Photographers--Fiction.
- Photographers.
- France--Paris.
- Paris (France)--Fiction.
- Paris (France).
- Paris (France)--History--Commune, 1871--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 509 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Europa Editions, 2021.
- Summary:
- "In 1871, the Paris Commune's "bloody week" sees the savage climax of the clashes between the Communards and the French Armed Forces loyal to Versailles. Amid the shrapnel and the chaos, while the entire west side of Paris is a field of ruins, a photographer fascinated by the suffering of young women takes "suggestive" photos to sell to a particular clientele. Then young women begin disappearing, and when Caroline, a seamstress who volunteers at a first aid station, is counted among the missing, her fiancé Nicolas, a member of the Commune's National Guard, and Communal security officer Antoine set off independently in search of her. Their race against the clock to find her takes them through the shell-shocked streets of Paris, and introduces them to a cast of fascinating characters."--Publisher.
- Notes:
- Originally published in the French as Dans l'ombre du brasier by Editions Payot & Rivages.
- ISBN:
- 9781609456177
- 1609456173
- 9781787702493
- 1787702499
- OCLC:
- 1228517335
- Publisher Number:
- 99987477145
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