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J'adore le Francais! Historical Fiction
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The Paris Architect
by Charles Belfoure F BEL
A Parisian architect is paid handsomely to devise secret hiding spaces for Jews in his Nazi-occupied country but struggles with risking his life for a cause he is ambivalent towards, until a personal failure brings home their suffering.
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Mistress of the Ritz
by Melanie Benjamin F BEN
The director of the luxurious Hotel Ritz in occupied Paris and his courageous American wife, Blanche Auzello, risk their marriage and lives to support the French Resistance during World War II. By the best-selling author of The Aviator's Wife.
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The Painted Girls
by Cathy Marie Buchanan F BUC
A tale inspired by the real-life model for Degas's Little Dancer Aged Fourteen is set in belle époque Paris and traces the survival efforts of the Van Goethem sisters after the sudden death of their father, a situation that prompts young Marie's ballet training, introduction to a genius painter and patronage by a wealthy man whose assistance comes with a price.
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The Queen of the Night
by Alexander Chee F CHE
A legendary opera singer tries to discover who betrayed her secret past as a courtesan when she is offering her a chance at immortality through a libretto that tells her tale in the new novel from the author of Edinburgh.
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The Balcony
by Jane Delury F DEL
A century-spanning portrait—from the Belle Époque to the present day—of the inhabitants of a French village reveals the deception, despair, love and longing beneath the calm surface of their ordinary lives.
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Paris Never Leaves You
by Ellen Feldman F FEL
Living through WWII working in a Paris bookstore with her young daughter, Vivi, and fighting for her life, Charlotte is no victim, she is a survivor. But can she survive the next chapter of her life? Alternating between wartime Paris and 1950s New York publishing, Paris Never Leaves You is an extraordinarystory of resilience, love, and impossible choices, exploring how survival never comes without a cost. The war is over, but the past is never past.
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The Paris Hours
by Alex George F GEO
Four individuals share an extraordinary day in Paris between the wars, including a maid in possession of a lone surviving Marcel Proust manuscript and a lovesick artist who would repay an impossible debt through a partnership with Gertrude Stein.
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The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah F HAN
Reunited when the elder's husband is sent to fight in World War II, French sisters Vianne and Isabelle find their bond as well as their respective beliefs tested by a world that changes in horrific ways.
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The Book of Lost Names
by Kristin Harmel F HAR
The best-selling author of The Winemaker’s Wife draws on true events in the story of a Polish graduate student in World War II who uses her forgery talents to help hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis.
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Liberation
by Imogen Kealey F KEA
Drawn into the underground Resistance in occupied France, special-ops spy Nancy Wake quickly rises to the top of the Nazi’s most-wanted list, only to find her husband arrested for the acts she has committed.
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The Baker's Secret
by Stephen P Kiernan F KIE
A baker's apprentice in Normandy endures shame and anger as her kind mentor is targeted and arrested for his Jewish heritage, a violation that compels the young woman to engage in discreet resistance activities, baking contraband loaves of bread for the hungry using surplus ingredients taken from occupying forces.
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Code Name Hélène
by Ariel Lawhon F LAW
A novel based on the life of spy Nancy Wake follows a woman who kills a Nazi and becomes one of the most decorated women in World War II. By the New York Times best-selling author of I Was Anastasia.
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The Paris Orphan
by Natasha Lester F LES
An American soldier and an enterprising photographer brave occupied France during World War II to help a young orphan find a family. By the best-selling author of The Paris Seamstress.
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Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
by Michelle Moran F MOR
While the tensions rise between the royalty and the people, Madame Tussaud is requested to tutor the King's sister in wax sculpting and must find a way for her family to survive the coming revolution.
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I Always Loved You: A Story of Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas
by Robin Oliveira F OLI
A tale inspired by the romance between Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas finds young Mary struggling with self-doubt after being rejected by the Paris Salon before entering into a tempestuous relationship with a fellow artist.
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Fatal Inheritance
by Rachel Rhys F RHY
When she inherits a charming villa overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, Eve Forrester uses this opportunity to start over, and, as she rubs shoulders with the rich and famous, challengers to her unexplained fortune emerge.
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Ribbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolution's Women
by Kate Quinn F RIB
Six best-selling and award-winning authors trace the events of the French Revolution through the experiences of six remarkable women from different walks of life, including an equal-rights education advocate whose student leads a women’s march to Versailles.
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The Black Swan of Paris
by Karen Robards F ROB
A celebrated singer in World War II occupied France joins the Resistance to save her estranged family from being killed in a German prison.
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Paris
by Edward Rutherfurd F RUT
Taking readers on a journey through Parisian history, this sweeping multigenerational saga, filled with romance, danger and rich detail, beautifully illuminates the City of Lights, from its founding under the Romans to the hotbed of cultural activity during the 1920s and 1930s that included Picasso.
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