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Erika (17788 KP) rated Death in the City of Light: The True Story of the Serial Killer Who Terrorised Wartime Paris in Books

Sep 20, 2017

This was a fairly solid true crime read. It was an interesting read, and the murders were horrible. Though, I couldn't make heads or tails of the real motive of the crimes. Money? Killing Nazis? Protecting the French Resistance? The author offers what he thought went down, but I wasn't really content.

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Bill Condon recommended Army of Shadows (L'Armée des ombres) (1969) in Movies (curated)

Army of Shadows (L'Armée des ombres) (1969)

1969 | International, Drama

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"I’m always drawn to misunderstood movies, ones that were either ahead of or behind their times. This Melville crime film about the French Resistance was both. It took thirty-seven years to open in America, and when it did, it received great acclaim. A surprise happy ending for a complicated and unsentimental movie."

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The Witch of the Breton Woods

Jennifer Ivy Walker

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Traumatized by horrors witnessed during the Nazi invasion of France, a young woman retreats to the...

Historical Romance French Resistance Brittany World War II

The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Mistress of the Ritz in Books

Oct 5, 2020

Mistress of the Ritz

Melanie Benjamin | 2019 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics

9.5

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When it comes to the French Resistance of WWII, the names Blanche and Claude Auzello aren’t all that well-known. Thankfully, Melanie Benjamin has just written a biographical, historical fiction novel about them, and especially about Blanche, who during the Nazi occupation of Paris, was known as the “Mistress of the Ritz” and she was the wife of the hotel’s manager, Claude. You can find my review of this amazing book on my blog here (Thanks for the free book, @PRHGlobal/@prhinternational.) https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2019/05/24/puttin-on-the-resistance/