The Unfree French
Life Under the Occupation
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
26 April 2007
Summary
‘Vinen’s is an immaculately researched, well-written and original book’ - Literary Review
In the summer of 1940, the French army was one of the largest and best in the world, confident of victory. In the space of a few nightmarish weeks, that all changed as the French and their British allies were crushed, and eight million people fled their homes. Richard Vinen’s new book describes the consequences of that defeat. It does so not by looking at political leaders in Vichy, Paris, or Lon…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140296846 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140296840 |
| Author: | Richard Vinen |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 26 April 2007 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 21mm |
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Critics Review
“Even well-informed readers will come away from Vinen’s social history with a deeper knowledge of what it was like to live in France during the German occupation. It turns out in his wide-ranging account that it was much bleaker than what we had supposed.”-Robert Wohl, author of “The Spectacle of Flight: Aviation and the Western Imagination, 1920-1950.”
– Robert Wohl
About The Author
Richard Vinen
Richard Vinen is Reader in History at King’s College, University of London. His last book was the highly acclaimed A History in Fragments - Europe in the Twentieth Century.
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