Charlotte Gray
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A remarkable story of a Scottish woman in Occupied France pursuing a perilous mission of her own
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER BIRDSONG
In 1942, Charlotte Gray, a young Scottish woman, heads for Occupied France on a dual mission - officially, to run an apparently simple errand for…
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There are few who have written about occupied France as transportingly and with the same level of carefully dripped research as has Sebastian Faulks. Charlotte Gray is arguably the textbook from which all other authors might learn. It is impossible to sit inside a French farmhouse kitchen alongside one of his characters and not believe you are there, nor to be drawn into the world of Charlotte as she completes her SOE training and is dropped in France to fight for her country and to discover the fate of her lover, missing RAF pilot Peter Gregory. Spies, collaborators, constant jeopardy…
From Sarah's list on formidable females in Nazi-occupied France.
Charlotte Gray is a Special Operations Executive who works with the French Resistance in Vichy, France during World War II. It was fascinating to read about this aspect of world war two and the courage and initiative of women like Charlotte (based on the real-life characters of Nancy Wake and Pearl Witherington). And of course, Faulks is a brilliant writer.
From Gill's list on World War Two featuring strong women.
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