The astonishing true story of a young woman's adventures, and misadventures, in the dangerous world of Nazi-occupied France.For Priscilla, pre-war Paris was an exciting carousel of suitors, soirées and heartbreak, and eventually a lavish wedding to a French aristocrat.But the arrival of the Nazi tanks signalled the end of life as a Vicomtesse, and the beginning of a precarious existence under German Occupation. Over half a century later, her nephew, Nicholas Shakespeare, found a box of Priscilla's notebooks and journals. He began investigating the rumours that she had escaped a prisoner-of-war camp and fought for the Resistance - and he finally unearthed the truth behind suspicions of disreputable love affairs and far darker secrets.
Produktinformation
Utgivningsdatum2014-07-03
Mått129 x 198 x 33 mm
Vikt397 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor464
FörlagVintage Publishing
ISBN9780099555667
UtmärkelserShort-listed for James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2014 (UK)
Nicholas Shakespeare was born in Worcester in 1957 and grew up in the Far East and Latin America. He is a prize-winning novelist and biographer and Priscilla draws on his talents in both genres.
A pin-sharp biography which unfurls like gripping fiction… wonderful, haunting, thought-provoking