Man Who Murdered Admiral Darlan - Vichy, the Allies and the Resistance in French North Africa

Bonnier's biography reads like an absorbing novel, with its twists and turns, reconstructed dialogue and author's acute observations. As well as being a tragic human story, It is an illuminating study of the convoluted political context of the affair, which will be unfamiliar to some Anglophone readers.

List of contents

Introduction. Christmas Eve 1942. 1. I don't want to die without having fought 2. What does one have to do to be great? 3. And nobody moves, nobody protests? 4. Their cowardice will not get the better of my courage 5. I will understand my destiny when it is finished 6. The blood that we are going to spill 7. What seems to be the best for the Nation. What became of them? Bonnier de la Chapelle family tree

About the author

Bénédicte Vergez-Chaignon is one of France's most distinguished historians of the Second World War, Vichy and the Resistance. A graduate of the Institut d'études politiques de Paris and a doctor of history, she has written numerous award-winning books, including biographies of Jean Moulin and Marshal Pétain.
The translator, Richard Carswell, is the author of The Fall of France in the Second World War: History and Memory (2019).

Product details

• Authors: Benedicte Vergez-Chaignon, Bénédicte Vergez-Chaignon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032520995
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3252099-5
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of France
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / France, HISTORY / Africa / North, Warfare & defence, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Fascism & Nazism, Second World War, Diplomacy, African History, Warfare and defence, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Modern warfare, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General