A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women,

A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France

In January 1943, 230 women of the French Resistance weresent to the death camps by the Nazis who had invaded and occupied theircountry. This is their story, told in full for the first timeâ€”a searing andunforgettable chronicle of terror, courage, defiance, survival, and the powerof friendship. Caroline Moorehead, a distinguishedbiographer, human rights journalist, and the author of Dancing to the Precipiceand Human Cargo, brings to life an extraordinary story that readers ofMitchell Zuckoffâ€™s Lost in Shangri-La, ErikLarsonâ€™s In the Garden of Beasts, and Laura Hillenbrandâ€™s Unbrokenwill find an essentialÂ addition to our retelling of the history of WorldWar IIâ€”a riveting, rediscovered story of courageous women who sacrificedeverything to combat the march of evil across the world.
Country USA
Brand Harper
Manufacturer Harper
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2011-11-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780061650703

A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France