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A rich and intriguing story which the authors disentangle with great skill

Skilfully balances historical narrative with social analysis, and tempering the appalling with the absurd

Outstanding. Enormously enjoyable to read - exciting, lively, funny, and admirably tolerant and objective in its opinions. It is hard to see how it could have been better done

Held me gripped by every page and I was impatient at any interruption. The details of this book are spellbinding, often frightening and sometimes funny

This book, like the city it discusses, oscillates satisfyingly between blunt history and roistering gossip

1944 - 1949

Post liberation Paris - an epoch charged with political and conflicting emotions.  Liberation was greeted with joy but marked by recriminations and the trauma of purges.  The feverish intellectual arguments of the young took place amidst the mundane reality of hunger and fuel shortages.  This is a stunning historical account of one of the most stimulating periods in twentieth century French history.

A remarkable historical account of the celebration and chaos that followed the liberation of Paris in August, 1944

A remarkable historical account of the chaos and uncertainty that followed the liberation of Paris in August, 1944 
 
'A beautifully written book about a vast tapestry of military, political and social upheaval. Remarkably well-researched, wise, balanced, very funny at times' Dirk Bogarde 
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Post-liberation Paris: an epoch charged with political and conflicting emotions. Liberation was greeted with joy but marked by recriminations and the trauma of purges. The feverish intellectual arguments of the young took place amidst the mundane reality of hunger and fuel shortages. This is a thrilling, unsurpassed account of the drama and upheaval of one of history's most fascinating eras. 
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'A dashing, multi-dimensional story. This book covers all aspects of life - diplomacy, strategy, rationing, politics and politicking (from Churchill, Pétain's and de Gaulle's point of view), the international theatricals and the tourist invasion, blitzkrieg and Ritzkrieg' Olivier Todd, Sunday Times 
 
'Absorbing . . . a rich, many-layered account, selecting from official documents, private archives, memoirs and histories with a wonderful lightness of touch, so that the most complex events become clear' Jenny Uglow, Independent on Sunday

Antony Beevor (Author) 
 Antony Beevor is the author of Crete: The Battle and the Resistance (Runciman Prize), Stalingrad (Samuel Johnson Prize, Wolfson Prize for History and Hawthornden Prize), Berlin: The Downfall, The Battle for Spain (Premio La Vanguardia), D-Day: The Battle for Normandy (Prix Henry Malherbe and the RUSI Westminster Medal), The Second World War, Ardennes 1944 (Prix Médicis shortlist) and Arnhem. The number one bestselling historian in Britain, Beevor's books have appeared in thirty-three languages and have sold over eight million copies. A former chairman of the Society of Authors, he has received a number of honorary doctorates. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Kent and an Honorary Fellow of King's College, London. He was knighted in 2017.

Paris After the Liberation

1944 - 1949

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A rich and intriguing story which the authors disentangle with great skill

Skilfully balances historical narrative with social analysis, and tempering the appalling with the absurd

Outstanding. Enormously enjoyable to read - exciting, lively, funny, and admirably tolerant and objective in its opinions. It is hard to see how it could have been better done

Held me gripped by every page and I was impatient at any interruption. The details of this book are spellbinding, often frightening and sometimes funny

This book, like the city it discusses, oscillates satisfyingly between blunt history and roistering gossip

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