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"The little-known story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, the woman who headed the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II ... In 1941 a thirty-one-year-old Frenchwoman, a young mother born to privilege and known for her beauty and glamour, became the leader of a vast intelligence organization--the only woman to serve as a chef de résistance during the war. Strong-willed, independent, and a lifelong rebel against her country's conservative,...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 553 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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"When the Nazi Blitzkrieg subjugated Europe in World War II, London became the safe haven for the leaders of seven occupied countries--France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Norway, Czechoslovakia and Poland--who fled there to avoid imprisonment and set up governments in exile to commandeer their resistance efforts. The lone hold-out against Hitler's offensive, Britain became a beacon of hope to the rest of Europe, as prominent European leaders like...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
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xix, 471 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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The behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain, told from the perspective of three key American players in London: Edward R. Murrow, Averell Harriman, and John Gilbert Winant.
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxii, 548 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Spanning the years 1939 to 1941, 'Those Angry Days' vividly re-creates the rancorous internal squabbles that gripped the United States in the period leading up to Pearl Harbor. After Germany vanquished most of Europe, America found itself torn between its traditional isolationism and the urgent need to come to the aid of Britain, the only country still battling Hitler.
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