Author: BOWERS, PAIGE
Title: The General's Niece the Little-Known de Gaulle Who Fought to Free Occupied France
Description: Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2017. Hardcover. ISBN: 1613736096. B&W Illustrations; 9.1 X 6.2 X 1.1 inches; xiv, 257 pages; Hard cover is black with silver lettering on the spine. DJ in a mylar cover. NEW book. Illustrated with 23 b/w photographs. "Based on interviews with family members, former associates, prominent historians, and never-before-seen papers written by Geneviaeve de Gaulle, [this] is the first English-language biography of Charles de Gaulle's niece, confidante, and daughter figure ... Finally emerging from the shadow of her famous uncle, the life of this little-known de Gaulle adds a ... Layer to the history of the second world war, including the French resistance, the horrors of and unshakeable bonds formed at Ravensbruck, and the issues facing postwar France and its leaders". Notes; bibliography; index.. New in New dust jacket .

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