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In the Shadow of the Fire

Hervé Le Corre

3.62/5 (31 ratings)

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Winner of the French Voices Prize, In the Shadow of the Fire traces the Paris Communards’ tragic odyssey, while following a breathless criminal investigation.

In 1871, the Paris Commune’s “bloody week” sees the savage climax of the clashes between the Communards and the French Armed Forces loyal to Versailles. Amid the shrapnel and the chaos, while the entire west side of Paris is a field of ruins, a photographer fascinated by the suffering of young women takes “suggestive” photos to sell to a particular clientele.

Then young women begin disappearing, and when Caroline, a seamstress who volunteers at a first aid station, is counted among the missing, her fiancé Nicolas, a member of the Commune’s National Guard, and Communal security officer Antoine set off independently in search of her. Their race against the clock to find her takes them through the shell-shocked streets of Paris, and introduces them to a cast of fascinating characters.

Format:: Hardcover

Pages:: 509 pages

Publication:: 2021

Publisher:: Europa Editions

Edition:: Reprint

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1609456173

ISBN13:: 9781609456177

kindle Asin:: B085FZTVPT

In the Shadow of the Fire

Hervé Le Corre

3.62/5 (31 ratings)

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Winner of the French Voices Prize, In the Shadow of the Fire traces the Paris Communards’ tragic odyssey, while following a breathless criminal investigation.

In 1871, the Paris Commune’s “bloody week” sees the savage climax of the clashes between the Communards and the French Armed Forces loyal to Versailles. Amid the shrapnel and the chaos, while the entire west side of Paris is a field of ruins, a photographer fascinated by the suffering of young women takes “suggestive” photos to sell to a particular clientele.

Then young women begin disappearing, and when Caroline, a seamstress who volunteers at a first aid station, is counted among the missing, her fiancé Nicolas, a member of the Commune’s National Guard, and Communal security officer Antoine set off independently in search of her. Their race against the clock to find her takes them through the shell-shocked streets of Paris, and introduces them to a cast of fascinating characters.

Format:: Hardcover

Pages:: 509 pages

Publication:: 2021

Publisher:: Europa Editions

Edition:: Reprint

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1609456173

ISBN13:: 9781609456177

kindle Asin:: B085FZTVPT

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