A Train in Winter LP Contributor(s): Moorehead, Caroline (Author) |
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ISBN: 0062088807 ISBN-13: 9780062088802 Publisher: Harper Large Print OUR PRICE: $27.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | Holocaust |
Dewey: 940.530 |
Series: Resistance Trilogy |
Physical Information: 1.28" H x 6.37" W x 8.98" (1.44 lbs) 608 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - French - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In January 1943, 230 women of the French Resistance were sent to the death camps by the Nazis who had invaded and occupied their country. This is their story, told in full for the first time--a searing and unforgettable chronicle of terror, courage, defiance, survival, and the power of friendship. Caroline Moorehead, a distinguished biographer, human rights journalist, and the author of Dancing to the Precipice and Human Cargo, brings to life an extraordinary story that readers of Mitchell Zuckoff's Lost in Shangri-La, Erik Larson's In the Garden of Beasts, and Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken will find an essential addition to our retelling of the history of World War II--a riveting, rediscovered story of courageous women who sacrificed everything to combat the march of evil across the world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Moorehead, Caroline: - Caroline Moorehead is the New York Times bestselling author of Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France; A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France; and Human Cargo: A Journey Among Refugees, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. An acclaimed biographer, Moorehead has also written for the New York Review of Books, the Guardian, the Times, and the Independent. She lives in London and Italy. |