The spellbinding and revealing chronicle of Nazi-occupied Paris On June 14; 1940; German tanks entered a silent and nearly deserted Paris. Eight days later; France accepted a humiliating defeat and foreign occupation. Subsequently; an eerie sense of normalcy settled over the City of Light. Many Parisians keenly adapted themselves to the situation-even allied themselves with their Nazi overlords. At the same time; amidst this darkening gloom of German ruthlessness; deportations; shortages; and curfews; a resistance arose. Parisians of all stripes---Jews; immigrants; adolescents; communists; rightists; cultural icons such as Colette; de Beauvoir; Camus; and Sartre; as well as police officers; teachers; students; and store owners---rallied around a little-known French military officer; Charles de Gaulle. WHEN PARIS WENT DARK evokes with stunning precision the detail of daily life in a city under occupation; and the brave people who fought against the darkness. Relying on a range of resources---memoirs; diaries; letters; archives; interviews; personal histories; flyers and posters; fiction; photographs; film and historical studies---Rosbottom has forged a groundbreaking book that will forever influence how we understand those dark years in the City of Light.
#33378 in Books Stacy Schiff 2011-09-06 2011-09-06Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.25 x 1.25 x 5.50l; .90 #File Name: 0316001945432 pagesCleopatra A Life
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Like ItBy Shirley PentoI bought this for my mother and she said that the book changed the way that she thought things happened at that time. it was very eye opening and in someplaces hard to get through She was glad to read it.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent ! Cleopatra is a boss for sure!By Vicki ReeveStacy shiff tells a great true story. I honestly thought i knew everything i needed to know about Cleopatra and her life . But i was wrong. Filled with intrigue and facts of her most wonderful; exciting ;and cut short to soon life . Great read great listen . I have both !5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Schiff uncovers the "real" CleopatraBy kaye adkinsWriting about the historical Cleopatra is a daunting task but Stacy Schiff managed to create an extremely readable and authoritative biography Records concerning the period are sketchy and more legend than history exists about this fascinating queen. Sifting through the many historians' versions of her life and those of the Romans with which she lived and worked is difficult enough but when one tries to verify the disparaging and untrue accounts of her as a woman as well as a monarch;ferreting out the "truth" is monumentally difficult. Nevertheless; Schiff has created an authoritative and very readable account of one of history's most beguiling and powerful individuals; through painstaking research and excellent judgment.
