The Poetry of Arthur Vaso

Great Reads          The Paris Spy  Susan Elia MacNeal

10/7/2017

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Below is an excerpt from the authors web site , an introduction to the book. This book was just released in August of 2017, and I happened upon it at the local library. Being a fan of Paris, and loving French history, this seemed the perfect read for me.
 
Although the story is fiction, its based on a "maybe this happened" and is loosely based on real events during World War 2. The book was of course a GREAT READ, and I love when the author provides notes at the end, explaining or giving the book more context. In fact I will post the notes and research references here, this one book can lead to so many areas of interest!.

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This book is part of a series, so its great to discover a new author, with more to read!!!!

Reposted from the authors web site
 
The Paris Spy
(Bantam Dell/Random House, August 8, 2017)

Maggie Hope has come a long way since serving as a typist for Winston Churchill. Now she’s working undercover for the Special Operations Executive in the elegant but eerily silent city of Paris, where SS officers prowl the streets in their Mercedes and the Ritz is draped with swastika banners. Walking among the enemy is tense and terrifying, and even though she’s disguised in chic Chanel, Maggie can’t help longing for home.

But her missions come first. Maggie’s half sister, Elise, has disappeared after being saved from a concentration camp, and Maggie is desperate to find her — that is, if Elise even wants to be found. Equally urgent, Churchill is planning the Allied invasion of France, and SOE agent Erica Calvert has been captured, the whereabouts of her vital research regarding Normandy unknown. Maggie must risk her life to penetrate powerful circles and employ all her talents for deception and spycraft to root out a traitor, find her sister, and locate the reports crucial to planning D-Day in a deadly game of wits with the Nazi intelligence elite.


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Below are notes and references from the book.
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11 Comments
Aysha
10/7/2017 09:03:28 pm

Looks very interesting, the lady is very pretty.

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Tim
10/7/2017 11:54:42 pm

You have piqued my interest. Wonderful blog Art and I look forward to reading the book

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Harif
10/8/2017 12:48:25 am

Now you did it again. Made me want to read another book :)

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Claude
10/8/2017 01:32:11 am

I had not heard of the SOE, I will look more into this, love the blog.

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seren
10/9/2017 06:15:01 pm

sounds very interesting....nice precis....Seren

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Anton
10/15/2017 11:15:35 am

This sounds like a wonderful book, I'll see if I can find it somewhere

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Frank
10/17/2017 06:05:09 am

Love your blogs, always educational.

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Rob
10/17/2017 11:19:59 am

An excellent article, I look forward to reading the book.

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Tom
11/6/2017 03:53:54 pm

must...
read...
gorgeous photos

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Karel
11/14/2017 07:26:30 am

Whatever book you discuss, the photos you choose are gorgeous

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eve roper
12/25/2017 04:30:54 pm

where is you chat room, can never find it :)

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