An Act of Treachery
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Catherine Dessin, a young French girl living in Paris during the German occupation, falls for an older, married German officer. The novel examines the tensions this causes within her family of patriots and resistance workers. Meanwhile Klaus, the German officer, who is Oxford educated and a professed Anglophile, faces his own moral dilemma as he comes to realise, through his love for Catherine and a tragedy in his own family, the true nature of the regime he is serving.
Author: Ann Widdecombe
Format: Paperback, 272 pages, 130mm x 199mm, 257 g
Published: 2003, Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Description
Catherine Dessin, a young French girl living in Paris during the German occupation, falls for an older, married German officer. The novel examines the tensions this causes within her family of patriots and resistance workers. Meanwhile Klaus, the German officer, who is Oxford educated and a professed Anglophile, faces his own moral dilemma as he comes to realise, through his love for Catherine and a tragedy in his own family, the true nature of the regime he is serving.
An Act of Treachery