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A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France (The Resistance Trilogy Book 1)
by Moorehead, Caroline
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0061650706
- ISBN 13
- 9780061650703
- Seller
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About This Item
Harper, 2011. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Publisher : Harper, 2011, Fourth Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. The courage of some 230 women in occupied France during World War II in their resistance to the German occupation is a story of bravery, endurance, survival, determination, and the enduring power of friendship. These women united in this resistance to the Nazis were from all walks of life. They were hunted down by the Gestapo and eventually caught. Their final destination: Auschwitz. Only forty-nine lived to return to France. A haunting story never to be forgotten. Black half cloth with gray boards, very clean, spine head and heel slightly compressed, minor mark to lower edge of text block. Tight and solid binding. Internals as new. Jacket has some foxing, slight wear to edge. 384b page. 8vo. 2011, Harper. ISBN10: 0061650706, ISBN13: 9780061650703
Synopsis
Caroline Moorehead is the biographer of Bertrand Russell, Freya Stark, Iris Origo and Martha Gellhorn. Well known for her work in human rights, she has published a history of the Red Cross and a book about refugees, Human Cargo , and her most recent book is Dancing to the Precipice , a biography of Lucie de la Tour du Pin. She lives in London and Italy.
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029864
- Title
- A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France (The Resistance Trilogy Book 1)
- Author
- Moorehead, Caroline
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0061650706
- ISBN 13
- 9780061650703
- Publisher
- Harper
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2011
- Size
- 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall
- Keywords
- WORLD WAR II; GERMAN OCCUPATION OF FRANCE; FRENCH RESISTANCE; COLLABORATORS; GESTAPO; PETAIN; CHARLOTTE DELBO; MADELAINE DISSOUBRAY; CHARLES DE GAULLE; CECILE CHARUA; ADELAIDE HAUTVAL LANGLOIS; JEWS; HELENE SOLOMON;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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