Taking Paris
The Epic Battle for the City of Lights
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Narrateur(s):
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Samuel Roukin
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Auteur(s):
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Martin Dugard
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National Bestseller • From Martin Dugard, the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Killing series with Bill O’Reilly, comes the spellbinding story of the Allied liberation of Paris from the grip of the Nazis during World War II
“Taking Paris does for Paris during World War II what The Splendid and the Vile did for London.” (James Patterson) • “Heroes and villains abound. You’ll enjoy this fast-paced book immensely.” (Bill O’Reilly) • “Succeeds triumphantly.” (The Washington Post)
May 1940: The world is stunned as Hitler's forces invade France with a devastating blitzkrieg aimed at Paris. Within weeks, the French government has collapsed, and the City of Lights, revered for its carefree lifestyle, intellectual freedom, and love of liberty, has fallen under Nazi control - perhaps forever.
As the Germans ruthlessly crush all opposition, a patriotic band of Parisians known as the Resistance secretly rise up to fight back. But these young men and women cannot do it alone. Over 120,000 Parisians die under German occupation. Countless more are tortured in the city's Gestapo prisons and sent to death camps. The longer the Nazis hold the city, the greater the danger its citizens face. As the armies of America and Great Britain prepare to launch the greatest invasion in history, the spies of the Resistance risk all to ensure the Germans are defeated and Paris is once again free.
The players holding the fate of Paris in their hands are some of the biggest historical figures of the era: Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, General George S. Patton, and the exiled French general Charles de Gaulle, headquartered in London's Connaught Hotel. From the fall of Paris in 1940 to the race for Paris in 1944, this riveting, pause-resisting drama unfolds through their decisions - for better and worse. Taking Paris is history told at a breathtaking pace, a sprawling yet intimate saga of heroism, desire, and personal sacrifice for all that is right.
©2021 Martin Dugard (P)2021 Penguin AudioCe que les critiques en disent
"[Dugard’s] ambition is to tell a gripping story. In this he succeeds triumphantly. One reads his narrative, mostly in the present tense, as if watching a film…. Dugard has real narrative gifts.” - The Washington Post
“Better than the Killing books.” - The Valdosta Daily Times
“Taking Paris reads like a film script; such is the immediacy of the writing and use of the present tense that you feel yourself in the action, striding up the Champs-Élysées liberating the French capital from the Nazis.” - Andrew Roberts, New York Times bestselling author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny
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- Roberta W
- 2024-11-14
Unfocused at times
While there is much to say that is good about this book, I found it had a lot of information that did not pertain to the main topic: taking Paris. For example, was a huge section about WWII in Africa that made no sense to me from a context perspective. As I have read widely on WWII, I do expect to find some history to be redundant to me, such as the planning of D-Day, it made sense to be there, as it led up to taking Paris back, yet when it came to the actual event, freeing the city of Paris, this was only briefly covered at the end. I felt a bit cheated there. Perhaps the author simply ran out of steam at that point! I want to give it a 3, but settled on a 4, as it is well researched. But I’m not likely to read more from this author.
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