A Train in Winter - An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in

New York Times Bestseller "A haunting account of bravery, friendship, and endurance." - Marie Claire The riveting and little-known story of a group of female members of the French resistance who were deported together to Auschwitz, a remarkable number of whom survived . In January 1943, 230 brave women of the French Resistance were sent to the death camps by the Nazis who had invaded and occupied their country. This is their story, told in full for the first time--a searing and unforgettable chronicle of terror, courage, defiance, survival, and the power of friendship. Caroline Moorehead, a distinguished biographer, human rights journalist, and author of Dancing to the Precipice and Human Cargo , brings to life an extraordinary story that readers of Mitchell Zuckoff''s Lost in Shangri-La , Erik Larson''s In the Garden of Beasts , and Laura Hillenbrand''s Unbroken will find an essential addition to our retelling of the history of World War II. A Train in Winter is a riveting, rediscovered story of courageous women who sacrificed everything to combat the march of evil across the world.

About the author

Caroline Moorehead is the New York Times bestselling author of the Resistance Quartet, which includes A Bold and Dangerous Family, Village of Secrets, and A Train in Winter, as well as Human Cargo, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. An acclaimed biographer, she has written for the New York Review of Books, The Guardian, and The Independent. She lives in London and Italy.

Product details

• Authors: Caroline Moorehead
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 23.10.2012
• EAN: 9780061650710
• ISBN: 978-0-06-165071-0
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 201 mm x 24 mm
• Series: The Resistance Trilogy; The Resistance Trilogy; The Resistance Quartet
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY: Military / World War II, HISTORY: Women, HISTORY: Europe / Germany, HISTORY: Europe / France, HISTORY: Holocaust, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Research, HISTORY: Wars & Conflicts / Afghan War (2001-2021), HISTORY: Wars & Conflicts / Napoleonic Wars, HISTORY: Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater, HISTORY: Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions