Priscilla
The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime France
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4.0 • 1 Rating
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- £8.99
Publisher Description
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.
Customer Reviews
Interesting and captivating
An captivating book written in an interesting way. I won’t spoil it or even give you a clue, you need to follow the author’s journey and it is difficult not to be dragged along, through wartime scenes filled with interesting and often famous people. Whilst it is a biography it is in a way several, and an autobiography. I found myself stopping and thinking, how did he know such details and her feelings, then you see his sources. It leaves you thinking, and "intresting and captivating” can equaly decribe the subject Priscilla. Well worth the read.