num_pages: 400
description: From Martin Dugard the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Killing series with Bill O'Reilly comes the spellbinding story of the Allied liberation of Paris from the grip of the Nazis during World War IIMay 1940: The world is stunned as Hitler's forces invade France with a devastating blitzkrieg aimed at Paris. Within weeks the French government has collapsed and the City of Lights revered for its carefree lifestyle intellectual freedom and love of liberty has fallen under Nazi control--perhaps forever.As the Germans ruthlessly crush all opposition a patriotic band of Parisians known as the Resistance secretly rise up to fight back. But these young men and woman cannot do it alone. Over 120000 Parisians die under German occupation. Countless more are tortured in the city's Gestapo prisons and sent to death camps. The longer the Nazis hold the city the greater the danger its citizens face. As the armies of America and Great Britain prepare to launch the greatest invasion in history the spies of the Resistance risk all to ensure the Germans are defeated and Paris is once again free.The players holding the fate of Paris in their hands are some of the biggest historical figures of the era: Winston Churchill Franklin Roosevelt General George S. Patton and the exiled French general Charles de Gaulle headquartered in London's Connaught Hotel. From the fall of Paris in 1940 to the race for Paris in 1944 this riveting page-turning drama unfolds through their decisions--for better and worse. Taking Paris is history told at a breathtaking pace a sprawling yet intimate saga of heroism desire and personal sacrifice for all that is right.
language: English
title: Taking Paris: The Epic Battle for the City of Lights
publisher: Dutton Caliber