Resistance Heroism and the End of Empire
Subtitle: The Life and Times of Madeleine Riffaud
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781138227316
Subjects: Poets, biography; France, biography
Description: "This book introduces an English-speaking public to the life of Madeleine Riffaud - one of the last living leaders of the French Resistance. It considers the nature of the rebel hero in France's founding historical narratives (revolution, insurrection, resistance) while asking what contributions such a hero might make to debates on national identity today."--Provided by publisher.