Description
| Product ID: | 9780755647828 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Army of the Night |
| Subtitle: | The Life and Death of Jean Moulin, Legend of the French Resistance |
| Authors: | Author: Patrick Marnham |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, History, Second World War, Irregular or guerrilla forces and warfare, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare, France, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Discover the truth behind one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of World War II. Who was the enigmatic Jean Moulin, a man as skilled in deception as he was in acts of heroism? The memory of this French Resistance hero, who was betrayed to the Gestapo and tortured by Klaus Barbie, the infamous ‘Butcher of Lyon’, is revered alongside that of other national icons. But Moulin’s story is full of unanswered questions and the truth of his life is far more complicated than the legend. Patrick Marnham, winner of the Marsh Prize for biography, thrillingly tells the epic story of France’s greatest war hero, bringing to light the shadowy and often deceitful world of the French Resistance, and offers a shocking conclusion to one of the great unsolved mysteries of World War II. Discover the truth behind one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of World War II.Who was the enigmatic Jean Moulin, a man as skilled in deception as he was in acts of heroism? The memory of this French Resistance hero, who was betrayed to the Gestapo and tortured by Klaus Barbie, the infamous ‘Butcher of Lyon’, is revered alongside that of other national icons. But Moulin’s story is full of unanswered questions and the truth of his life is far more complicated than the legend. Patrick Marnham, winner of the Marsh Prize for biography, thrillingly tells the epic story of France’s greatest war hero, bringing to light the shadowy and often deceitful world of the French Resistance, and offers a shocking conclusion to one of the great unsolved mysteries of World War II. |
| Imprint Name: | Tauris Parke |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-03-03 |
