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Jeremy Davies
4.0 out of 5 stars entertaining history
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2011
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A fascinating fictionalised history: a collection of accounts of the liberation of Paris from the Nazis in 1944. Collins and Lapierre manage to string together a range of different narrative foci, using a kind of ficitonalised interior position in conjunction with documented history of the time. There are certain moments of privlege, and certain moments of exclusion, but a gripping and often touching read is the end result. You get the 'high end' of the story, with de Gaulle and Patton etc, but also many ordinary anecdotal stories, which are often the most interesting, and devastating. Many of the internal conflicts within the allied forces are laid bare for those that thought this was purely a 'them and us' kind of thing.
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Freddie
5.0 out of 5 stars With current interest in a Paris a good review of the map!
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2019
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So well researched and far better than the film. A good review of the city after the fire at Norte Dame
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Peter Davis
5.0 out of 5 stars WWII history in Paris is not easy to find
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2015
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Read it last summer before going to Paris, and it greatly enhanced the trip. WWII history in Paris is not easy to find. Book is well researched and written covering the German occupation of Paris from August 1940 to the liberation in August 1944. The politics of the liberation is fascinating and the pictures wonderful.
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Cactus Paul
4.0 out of 5 stars A great slice of history
Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2013
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Having visited the Normandy battlefields and then going to Paris, I had to go back and review the battle for Paris in August, 1944. I had not read this book when it was new, and it was a great chroincle of the events and the personalities who played roles in the liberation of Paris. It is stilll a great piece of work.
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BlessingsHappen
5.0 out of 5 stars Good historical read
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2019
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Good historical read, written easy enough to process.
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Jeanne S. Alsup
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2016
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Great book, especially after I have read several "fiction" books about Paris and France during WWII.
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Talor
5.0 out of 5 stars An old friend....
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2013
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As I am slowly adding hardback books to my personal library I was very happy to find "Is Paris Burning?" here at Amazon. It is well written and as the reviews often say......gripping.
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David C Rader
4.0 out of 5 stars Great story
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2012
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Great story of how Paris survived the second world war. Condition of the Book was great from Denver Savation Army store. If you like to read about the second world war, this is very well written.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Well written
Reviewed in Canada on August 2, 2018
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Excellent book
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Jitendra Kumar
1.0 out of 5 stars Bad print
Reviewed in India on September 24, 2013
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This book is poorly printed and does not worth buying, thought content of the book is magnificent and solace to the customer
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ZHANG Yi
5.0 out of 5 stars great
Reviewed in France on July 19, 2014
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I love this book, i bought this occation, because i love the old things,kind of a part of history,really happy to get it,this is some true histories during the seconde war,something we could never forget.
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