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Liberation in Paris was greeted with joy and marked by recriminations and the trauma of purges. The feverish intellectual arguments of the young took place amidst the mundane reality of hunger and fuel shortages. This book is a historical account of one of the stimulating periods in twentieth century French history.Read More

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  • Foyles

    A remarkable historical account of the chaos and uncertainty that followed the liberation of Paris in August, 1944'A beautifully written book about a vast tapestry of military, political and social upheaval. Remarkably well-researched, wise, balanced, very funny at times' Dirk Bogarde______________ Post-liberation Paris: an epoch charged with political and conflicting emotions. Liberation was greeted with joy but marked by recriminations and the trauma of purges. The feverish intellectual arguments of the young took place amidst the mundane reality of hunger and fuel shortages. This is a thrilling, unsurpassed account of the drama and upheaval of one of history's most fascinating eras.______________'A dashing, multi-dimensional story. This book covers all aspects of life - diplomacy, strategy, rationing, politics and politicking (from Churchill, Pétain's and de Gaulle's point of view), the international theatricals and the tourist invasion, blitzkrieg and Ritzkrieg' Olivier Todd, Sunday Times'Absorbing . . . a rich, many-layered account, selecting from official documents, private archives, memoirs and histories with a wonderful lightness of touch, so that the most complex events become clear' Jenny Uglow, Independent on Sunday

  • TheBookPeople

    Post liberation Paris - an epoch charged with political and conflicting emotions. Liberation was greeted with joy but marked by recriminations and the trauma of purges. The feverish intellectual arguments of the young took place amidst the mundane reality of hunger and fuel shortages. This is a stunning historical account of one of the most stimulating periods in twentieth century French history.

  • Blackwell

    An historical account of the chaos and uncertainty that followed the liberation of Paris in August, 1944. Antony Beevor's Paris After Liberation: 1944-1949 is a remarkable historical account of the chaos and uncertainty that followed the...

  • BookDepository

    Paris After the Liberation : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780141032412 : 0141032413 : 04 Oct 2007 : An historical account of the chaos and uncertainty that followed the liberation of Paris in August, 1944.

  • Pickabook

    Antony Beevor, Artemis Cooper

  • 0141032413
  • 9780141032412
  • Antony Beevor, Artemis Cooper
  • 4 October 2007
  • Penguin
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 464
  • New Ed
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