{"product_id":"paris-after-the-liberation-9780141032412","title":"Paris After the Liberation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA remarkable historical account of the chaos and uncertainty that followed the liberation of Paris in August, 1944\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A beautifully written book about a vast tapestry of military, political and social upheaval. Remarkably well-researched, wise, balanced, very funny at times''\u003c\/b\u003e Dirk Bogarde\u003cbr\u003e______________  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePost-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.\u003cbr\u003e______________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''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''\u003c\/b\u003e Olivier Todd, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''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'' \u003c\/b\u003eJenny Uglow, \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rich and intriguing story\u003c\/b\u003e which the authors disentangle with great skill -- Piers Paul Read * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSkilfully balances historical narrative with social analysis\u003c\/b\u003e, and tempering the appalling with the absurd -- Jan Morris * Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOutstanding. Enormously enjoyable to read\u003c\/b\u003e - exciting, lively, funny, and admirably tolerant and objective in its opinions. It is \u003cb\u003ehard to see how it could have been better done\u003c\/b\u003e -- Philip Ziegler * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eHeld me gripped by every page and I was impatient at any interruption. \u003cb\u003eThe details of this book are spellbinding\u003c\/b\u003e, often frightening and sometimes funny -- Alec Guinness * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eThis book, like the city it discusses, o\u003cb\u003escillates satisfyingly between blunt history and roistering gossip\u003c\/b\u003e -- Frank Delaney * Sunday Express *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732400517463,"sku":"9780141032412","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141032412.jpg?v=1719996716","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/paris-after-the-liberation-9780141032412","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}