Les Parisiennes - How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved and Died in the 1940s

Zusatztext 'Anne Sebba's tour de force of research and reflection ! Les Parisiennes ! is a testament of silk and sacrifice; of choices to resist or collaborate with the Nazis; of dalliance! defiance! and survival that turned on a concierge's random kindness or a stick of gelignite strapped to the chest . . . Sebba sources first-time stories of wartime women and records tales of collaboration horizontale with real sensitivity for the 'moral ambiguity' of those who exchanged sexual favours for privileges - or survival . . . extraordinary and evocative ' Informationen zum Autor Anne Sebba read History at King's College London then joined Reuters as a foreign correspondent based in London and Rome. She has written eight works of non-fiction, including THAT WOMAN and LES PARISIENNES, presented BBC radio documentaries, and is an accredited NADFAS lecturer. She is married with three children. www.annesebba.com http://www.facebook.com/anne.sebba https://twitter.com/annesebba Klappentext For readers of Suite Francaise and Paris Echo, Les Parisiennes recounts the true stories of Parisian women during and after the Second World War.For readers of Suite Francaise and Paris Echo , Les Parisiennes recounts the true stories of Parisian women during and after the Second World War. Zusammenfassung For readers of Suite Francaise and Paris Echo, Les Parisiennes recounts the true stories of Parisian women during and after the Second World War.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Sebba, Sebba Anne
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781780226613
• ISBN: 978-1-78022-661-3
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 198 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; France, HISTORY / Holocaust, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Europe / France, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Women, Second World War, The Holocaust, Social and cultural history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1950 to c 1959, c 1940 to c 1949, Gender studies: women and girls, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2)