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viii, 343 pages ; 25 cm. |
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Fiction |
| Summary |
Paris, 1938. Two women Mielle, a shy pacifist and shunned Mennonite who struggles to fit in with the elite cohort of foreign correspondents stationed around the city; the other, Jane, a brash, legendary American journalist, who is soon to become a fascist propagandist. When World War II makes landfall in the City of Lights, Mielle falls under Jane's spell, growing ever more intoxicated by her glamour, self-possession, and reckless confidence. But as this recklessness devolves into militarism and an utter lack of humanity, Mielle is seized by a series of visions that show her an inescapable Jane Anderson must die, and Mielle must be the one to kill her. Structured as a series of dispatches filed from around Europe and based on the misadventures of a real journalist-turned-Nazi mouthpiece, The War Begins in Paris is a cat-and-mouse suspense that examines the relentlessness of propaganda, the allure of power, and how far one woman will go for the sake of her morality. |
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Women war correspondents -- Fiction.
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Americans -- France -- Fiction.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Fiction.
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Crimes against peace -- Fiction.
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Nazis -- Fiction.
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Paris (France) -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Historical fiction.
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Noir fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780316563673 |
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0316563676 |
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