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Author: Euan Cameron
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Imprint: MacLehose Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.00cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 19.60cm
Weight: 0.240kg
ISBN: 9780857058607
ISBN 10: 0857058606
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 09 July 2020
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
A beautifully written and moving story of love and betrayal that casts light on the Dark Years of French history, 1940-44. It is a novel suffused with a love and appreciation of France and French culture, and a highly intelligent examination of the other country that is the past. -- Allan Massie An elegant and charming novel which provides a memorable insight into the world of Vichy France . . . The modern narrative is cleverly intermixed with the historical story . . . It is poignant, nostalgic and redolent of the smell of France * Simon Brett * Immersive, nuanced, impeccably researched - a real feeling for time, place and character. * Ian Rankin *
Immersive, nuanced, impeccably researched - a real feeling for time, place and character. * Ian Rankin * An elegant and charming novel which provides a memorable insight into the world of Vichy France . . . The modern narrative is cleverly intermixed with the historical story . . . It is poignant, nostalgic and redolent of the smell of France * Simon Brett * A beautifully written and moving story of love and betrayal that casts light on the Dark Years of French history, 1940-44. It is a novel suffused with a love and appreciation of France and French culture, and a highly intelligent examination of the other country that is the past. -- Allan Massie
"A beautifully written and moving story of love and betrayal that casts light on the ""Dark Years"" of French history, 1940-44. It is a novel suffused with a love and appreciation of France and French culture, and a highly intelligent examination of the other country that is the past. -- Allan Massie An elegant and charming novel which provides a memorable insight into the world of Vichy France . . . The modern narrative is cleverly intermixed with the historical story . . . It is poignant, nostalgic and redolent of the smell of France * Simon Brett * Immersive, nuanced, impeccably researched - a real feeling for time, place and character. * Ian Rankin *"
Author Information
Euan Cameron is an editor and translator. Madeleine is his first novel. He worked in book publishing and as a literary journalist for many years before becoming a translator from French. His translations include works by Julien Green, Paul Morand, Simone de Beauvoir, Patrick Modiano and Philippe Claudel, as well as biographies of Marcel Proust and Irene Nemirovsky. He was appointed Chevalier dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2011.
