Army of the Night - The Life and Death of Jean Moulin, Legend of the French Resistance

Discover the truth behind one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of World War II.

Who was the enigmatic Jean Moulin, a man as skilled in deception as he was in acts of heroism? The memory of this French Resistance hero, who was betrayed to the Gestapo and tortured by Klaus Barbie, the infamous 'Butcher of Lyon', is revered alongside that of other national icons. But Moulin's story is full of unanswered questions and the truth of his life is far more complicated than the legend.

Patrick Marnham, winner of the Marsh Prize for biography, thrillingly tells the epic story of France's greatest war hero, bringing to light the shadowy and often deceitful world of the French Resistance, and offers a shocking conclusion to one of the great unsolved mysteries of World War II.

List of contents

Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction

The Legend
Caluire
Into the Pantheon

Part I: Life
1. A Republican Cradle, 1789-1899
2. Growth of a Senior Civil Servant, 1899-1919
3. A Secret Man, a Complex Man, 1919-1934
4. Moulin Rouge, 1934-1939

Part II: War
5. The Prefect of Chartres, 1939-1940
6. Zones, 1940-1941
7. Life on Half-Pay, 1940-1941
8. An Envoy to London, 1941

Part III: Death
9. Life Underground, 1942-1943
10. Vive la Nuit! November 1942-June 1943
11. An Urn and a Pot of Jam, June-July 1943

Part IV: Resurrection
12. The machinery of Insurrection, 1943-1944
13. Murdering History, 1945-1949
14. The Doctor's Waiting Room, 21 June 1943

Postscript
Postscript to the New Edition
Glossary
Chronology
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index

About the author

Patrick Marnham

Summary

Discover the truth behind one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of World War II.

Foreword

Discover the truth behind one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of World War II.

Additional text

If you are interested in France, the real France, or if you are interested in the Second World War, or if you are interested in courage, real courage, and how it can rise to meet the most severe test imaginable, then I believe you ought to make it your business to read Patrick Marnham's extraordinary book.'

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Marnham, Marnham Patrick
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9780755647828
• ISBN: 978-0-7556-4782-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, HISTORY / Revolutionary, HISTORY / Europe / France, Fascism & Nazism, Revolutionary groups & movements, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Espionage & secret services, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Espionage and secret services, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), True war and combat stories, Revolutionary groups and movements