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The propagandist

Desprairies, Cécile2026
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In a grand Paris apartment, a young girl attends gatherings regularly organised by her mother. They talk about clothes and exchange the day's gossip, but the mood grows dark when they start to talk about her past, and the great love she is said to have known during the Second World War. When the girl grows up, she looks into the enigmatic figures in and around her family. Who was the man her mother fell in love with before the war? Why did they zealously collaborate with the Nazi occupiers of France? And why did they remain for decades afterwards obsessive devotees of that lost cause? In 'The Propagandist', a historian of Vichy France investigates the secrets, lies and omissions in her own family in the way she has investigated those of France itself.
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
Cheadle Hulme LibraryAdult fiction paperbackOn loan - Due: 01 Apr 2026
StockroomAdult fiction paperbackAvailable
Main title:
The propagandist / Cécile Desprairies ; translated by Natasha Lehrer.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Swift Press, 2026.
Collation:
208 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781800755253 (pbk)
Dewey class:
843.92
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
4229427
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