Kathryn Gauci

Broschiertes Buch

The Song of the Partisans

Beschreibung

From USA TODAY Bestselling author, Kathryn Gauci, comes a gripping and emotional story of wartime France. "When she closed her eyes, the faces of those she had killed, surfaced like a grotesque scene from a Gothic novel. She had blood on her hands, and it could never be washed away." April 1944, Paris: Simone Guillot is ordered to shoot a collaborator before being sent to work with the Resistance in Reims, 150 Km to the east. Travelling under a new identity, she takes a position as a nurse/companion to the elderly matriarch of a renowned Champagne House, sympathetic to the Resistance. The Allied invasion of mainland Europe is expected any day. As Frenchmen and women of the Maquis stockpile weapons and explosives in readiness for D-day, the Wehrmacht and Gestapo redouble their efforts to identify the 'terrorists' and stamp out the Resistance. Trained as a saboteur and sniper, Simone is forced to kill again, not once but several times. When she is assigned one final, near impossible mission, she finds herself trapped in a deadly cat and mouse game with a high-ranking German officer. Can she kill again - in cold blood this time? Well-researched and based on the lives of those who served in the Maquis and Resistance, this is an epic story, part historical, part thriller, that will stay with you long after you have finished the book.

Autor

Kathryn Gauci is a critically acclaimed international, bestselling, author who produces strong, colourful, characters and riveting storylines. She is the recipient of numerous major international awards for her works of historical fiction.Kathryn was born in Leicestershire, England, and studied textile design at Loughborough College of Art and later at Kidderminster College of Art and Design where she specialised in carpet design and technology. After graduating, she spent a year in Vienna, Austria, before moving to Greece to work as carpet designer in Athens for six years. There followed another brief period in New Zealand before eventually settling in Melbourne, Australia.Before turning to writing full-time, Kathryn ran her own textile design studio in Melbourne for over fifteen years, work which she enjoyed tremendously as it allowed her the luxury of travelling worldwide, often taking her off the beaten track and exploring other cultures. The Embroiderer is her first novel; a culmination of those wonderful years of design and travel, and especially of those glorious years in her youth living and working in Greece. It has since been followed by more novels set in both Greece and Turkey. Seraphina's Song, The Carpet Weaver of U¿ak, The Poseidon Network, and The Blue Dolphin: A WWII Novel.Code Name Camille, written as part of The Darkest Hour Anthology: WWII Tales of Resistance, became a USA TODAY Bestseller in the first week of publication. The Secret of the Grand Hôtel du Lac became an Amazon Best Seller in both German Literature and French Literature. Both The Secret of the Grand Hôtel du Lac and The Blue Dolphin received The Hemingway Finalist Award 2021.The Poseidon Network received The Hemingway Award 2020 - 1st Place Best in Category - Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBA) 20th Century Wartime Fiction.The Viennese Dressmaker received The Hemingway Award 2022 - 1st Place Best in Category - Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBA) 20th Century Wartime Fiction and The Coffee Pot Book Club Book of the Year Award - Gold Medal 2022 - 20th Century Historical FictionIn the Shadow of the Pyrenees received The Hemingway Award 2023 - 1st Place Best in Category - Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBA) 20th Century Wartime Fiction and The Coffee Pot Book Club Book of the Year Award - Gold Medal 2023 - 20th Century Historical FictionThe Song of the Partisans received the Readers' Favourite 2023 Gold Medal Award for Military Fiction.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kathryn Gauci
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9780648714446
• ISBN-10: 0648714446
• Artikelnr.: 65928915