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the hidden life of an Englishwoman in wartime France

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An edition of Priscilla (2013)

Priscilla

the hidden life of an Englishwoman in wartime France

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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL, POLITICAL & MILITARY. 'A most strange and compelling book driven by the writer's unsparing search for truth: now an optimistic hunt for a family heroine, now a study in female wiles of survival, now a portrait of one very ordinary person's frailty in the face of terrible odds.' John le Carr When Nicholas Shakespeare accidentally stumbled across a box documents belonging to his late aunt he was completely unaware of where this discovery would take him. The Priscilla he remembered was very different from the glamorous, morally ambiguous young woman who emerged from the many love letters and journals, surrounded by suitors and living the dangerous existence of a British woman in a country controlled by the enemy. He had heard rumours that Priscilla had fought in the Resistance, but the truth turned out to be far more complicated.

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Harvill Secker
Language
English
Pages
425

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Women, Family, World War, 1939-1945, Biography, History, World war, 1939-1945, women, World war, 1939-1945, france, France, history, german occupation, 1940-1945, Women, biography, New York Times reviewed, British Personal narratives, Marriage

People

Priscilla Rosemary Mais, Nicholas Shakespeare (1957-)

Places

England, France

Times

German occupation, 1940-1945
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Cover of: Priscilla
Priscilla: the hidden life of an Englishwoman in wartime France
2014, Harper
in English - 1st U.S. ed.
Cover of: Priscilla
Priscilla: the hidden life of an Englishwoman in wartime France
2013, Harvill Secker
in English

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Table of Contents

Part one. (1. The interrogation:1943 ; 2. Church farm: 1957-66 ; 3. The alligator handbag: 1950 ; 4. Truck driver ; 5. The padded chest).
Part two. (6. Strange existence ; 7. Gillian ; 8. SPB ; 9. Married alive: 1936 ; 10. Meeting Robert: 1937 ; 11. The abortionist ; 12. Boisgrimot ; 13. Letter from an unknown man ; 14. Vertes ; 15. War of nerves ; 16. French Resistance).
Part three. (17. Besancʹon)
Part four. (18. London: October 1944 ; 19. Brazen lies ; 20. Paris: February 1941 ; 21. Daniel Vernier ; 22. Emile Cornet ; 24. Resortissante Britannique ; 25. 'Simone Vernier' ; 26. Kessel ; 27. 'Otto' ; 28. The missing box ; 29. Graebener ; 30. Pierre ; 31. Chanson d'automne ; 32. Tondue).
Part five. (33. Living with anybody ; 34. Life as a mushroom farmer's wife ; 35. Too much gin ; 36. A sympathetic priest ; 37. Detonations from the past ; 38. The end ; 39. An unsent letter).

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
944.0816092
Library of Congress
D810.S8 M25974 2013, DC373.M+ M25974 2013, D802.F8 M25974 2013, DC373, D811.5 .S53 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
425 pages
Number of pages
425

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27870806M
ISBN 10
1846554837, 1846554845, 0099555662
ISBN 13
9781846554834, 9781448155996, 9781846554841, 9780099555667
OCLC/WorldCat
858011230

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL19974547W

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