Gardens of stone
By: Stephen Grady
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Isis large print
Publisher: Isis
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9780753153420; 9780753153437
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; British Personal narratives; Biography; Underground movements; War Underground movements; World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924
Description: Northern France, 1939. Fourteen-year-old Stephen and his friend are collecting souvenirs from strafed convoys and crashed Messerschmitts. But their world turns dark when arrested and imprisoned for sabotage and threatened with deportation or the firing squad. Upon his release, Stephen, only 16, is recruited by the French Resistance. Growing up under the threat of imminent betrayal, he learns the arts of clandestine warfare, and - in a moment that haunts him still - how to kill ... An extraordinary wartime memoir, combining the best kind of adventure story with a coming of age testimony of unforgettable resonance and poignancy.
Notes: Adult.