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Priscilla

The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime France

Priscilla( )
Author: Shakespeare, Nicholas
ISBN:978-1-84655-483-4
Publication Date:Nov 2013
Publisher:Penguin Random House
Imprint:Harvill Secker
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $42.99
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The astonishing true story of a young woman's adventures, and misadventures, in the dangerous world of Nazi-occupied France. 'A most strange and compelling book driven by the writer's unsparing search for truth: now an optimistic hunt for a family heroine, now a study in female wiles of survival, now a portrait of one very ordinary person's frailty in the face of terrible odds.' John le Carré When Nicholas Shakespeare stumbled across a box of...
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Shakespeare, Nicholas (Author)


Nicholas William Shakespeare is a British novelist and biographer who was born on March 3, 1957, in Worcester. He attended Winchester College and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He worked as a journalist for BBC Television and later as an arts and literary editor for "The Times". He soon after began his writing career. His first books include The Men Who Would Be king: A Look at Royalty in Exile, Londoners, and The Vision of Elena Silves. His later works include Inheritance, Under the Sun: The Letters of Bruce Chatwin, and Six Minutes in May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister.

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