Priscilla: The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime France
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Priscilla: The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime France

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The astonishing true story of a young woman’s adventures, and misadventures, in the dangerous world of Nazi-occupied France.For Priscilla, pre-war Paris was an exciting carousel of suitors, soirées and heartbreak, and eventually a lavish wedding to a French aristocrat.But the arrival of the Nazi tanks signalled the end of life as a Vicomtesse, and the beginning of a precarious existence under German Occupation. Over half a century later, her nephew, Nicholas Shakespeare, found a box of Priscilla’s notebooks and journals. He began investigating the rumours that she had escaped a prisoner-of-war camp and fought for the Resistance – and he finally unearthed the truth behind suspicions of disreputable love affairs and far darker secrets.

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Weight 0.397 kg
Dimensions 3.3 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Format

Paperback
Language

Pages

464
Publisher

Year Published

2014-7-3
Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

0099555662
About The Author

Nicholas Shakespeare was born in Worcester in 1957 and grew up in the Far East and Latin America. He is a prize-winning novelist and biographer and Priscilla draws on his talents in both genres.

A pin-sharp biography which unfurls like gripping fiction… wonderful, haunting, thought-provoking
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I have not read a better portrait of the moral impossibility of that time and place for people, like Priscilla, who found themselves trapped in it… A wonderful book

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