ISBN: 9781782433903

The full story of a remarkable woman who has become legendary in the history of the French Resistance. In May 1943, a young Frenchwoman called Lucie Aubrac engineered the escape of her … Mehr…

The full story of a remarkable woman who has become legendary in the history of the French Resistance. In May 1943, a young Frenchwoman called Lucie Aubrac engineered the escape of her husband Raymond from the clutches of Klaus Barbie, the feared Gestapo chief.When Raymond was arrested again that June, Lucie mounted a second astonishing rescue, ambushing the prison van that was transporting him.Spirited out of France with her husband by the RAF, she arrived in London a heroine. However, in 1983 Klaus Barbie made the bombshell claim that the Aubracs had become informers in 1943, betraying their comrades.The French press and the couple themselves furiously denounced this ‘slander’, but as worrying inconsistencies were spotted in Lucie’s story, doubts emerged that have never quite gone away. Who was Lucie Aubrac? What did she really do in 1943? And was she truly the spirit of la vraie France, or a woman who could not resist casting herself as a heroine, whatever the cost to the truth?; EPUB; Biography > Biography: general > Biography: historical, political & military, Michael O'Mara<

2015, ISBN: 9781782433903

The French Resistance Heroine Who Defied the Gestapo, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), The full story of a remarkable woman who has become legendary in the history of the French Resistance.… Mehr…

The French Resistance Heroine Who Defied the Gestapo, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), The full story of a remarkable woman who has become legendary in the history of the French Resistance. In May 1943, a young Frenchwoman called Lucie Aubrac engineered the escape of her husband Raymond from the clutches of Klaus Barbie, the feared Gestapo chief. When Raymond was arrested again that June, Lucie mounted a second astonishing rescue, ambushing the prison van that was transporting him. Spirited out of France with her husband by the RAF, she arrived in London a heroine. However, in 1983 Klaus Barbie made the bombshell claim that the Aubracs had become informers in 1943, betraying their comrades. The French press and the couple themselves furiously denounced this 'slander', but as worrying inconsistencies were spotted in Lucie's story, doubts emerged that have never quite gone away. Who was Lucie Aubrac? What did she really do in 1943? And was she truly the spirit of la vraie France, or a woman who could not resist casting herself as a heroine, whatever the cost to the truth?, [PU: Michael O'Mara], Michael O'Mara, 2015<

2006, ISBN: 9781782433903

The full story of a remarkable woman who has become legendary in the history of the French Resistance. In May 1943, a young Frenchwoman called Lucie Aubrac engineered the escape of her hu… Mehr…

The full story of a remarkable woman who has become legendary in the history of the French Resistance. In May 1943, a young Frenchwoman called Lucie Aubrac engineered the escape of her husband Raymond from the clutches of Klaus Barbie, the feared Political, Biography & Memoir, Lucie Aubrac~~ Siân Rees~~Political~~Biography & Memoir~~9781782433903, en, Lucie Aubrac, Siân Rees, 9781782433903, Michael O'Mara, 06/25/2015, , , , Michael O'Mara, 06/25/2015<

ISBN: 9781782433903

Michael O'Mara Political Biographies French Resistance; WWII; World War; Lucie Samuel; Emmanuel d'Astier; Raymond Samuel; Jean Moulin; Nazi Germany; French Communist Party; Libération-sud… Mehr…

Michael O'Mara Political Biographies French Resistance; WWII; World War; Lucie Samuel; Emmanuel d'Astier; Raymond Samuel; Jean Moulin; Nazi Germany; French Communist Party; Libération-sud ,9781782433873 UK,GB,DE,ES,FR,IT,AU, 20150625 English Politics & International Relations, Michael O'Mara<

2015, ISBN: 9781782433903

The French Resistance Heroine Who Defied the Gestapo, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), [PU: Michael O'Mara], Michael O'Mara, 2015