USS Constitution Pocket Manual
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Launched in 1797, USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United...
Lost Buildings
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Have you ever wished that you could have seen King Solomon's mighty Temple in Jerusalem or climbed...
Ace of the Black Cross: The Memoirs of Ernst Udet
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Above the mud and misery of the trenches and the endless slugging matches of the First World War...
States of Obligation: Taxes and Citizenship in the Russian Empire and Early Soviet Republic
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Beginning in the 1860s, the Russian Empire replaced a poll tax system that originated with Peter the...
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac
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In alternating chapters that reveal a nascent period in their development as two of the twentieth...
The Last Days of New Paris
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A thriller of a war that never was - of survival in an impossible city - of surreal cataclysm. In...
Gardens of Stone: My Boyhood in the French Resistance
Michael Wright and Stephen Grady
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An extraordinary wartime memoir, combining the best kind of adventure story with a coming of age...
Where Every Man (Inspector James Given #4)
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James Given must investigate another murder in wartime France! Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie,...
Historical Fiction World War II France
ClareR (6037 KP) rated While Paris Slept in Books
Feb 23, 2023
Jean Luc Beauchamp is put in an impossible situation as soon as the Nazis occupy France. He has a deformed hand, and if he shows any kind of weakness it could mean his death. But to stay working on the railways brands him as a collaborator. Someone who has facilitated the Holocaust.
So when a woman thrusts a tiny baby at him as she is put on a cattle truck, Jean Luc does the only thing he can do.
He and his girlfriend (and later, wife) begin a perilous journey , eventually settling in 1950’s California. In 1953, Jean Luc is questioned about his role in the war, and is told something that will change his life and that of his family forever.
We switch between the two timelines of wartime France and and the present day (1950’s) California and Paris.
It’s an unforgettable story of resilience, secrets and survival. All actions on both sides of the story were all for the love of a child. Oh, how I cried (this seems to be becoming more and more frequent lately!)!
Wonderful storytelling ❤️
The Book of Last Letters
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Inspired by an incredible true story, a young nurse captures the final letters of injured soldiers...
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