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Paris After the Liberation

By: Artemis Cooper, Antony Beevor
Narrated by: Sean Barrett
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Paris After the Liberation by Antony Beevor, read by Sean Barrett.

Antony Beevor's Paris After Liberation: 1944-1949 is a remarkable historical account of the chaos and uncertainty that followed the liberation of Paris in August, 1944

Post-liberation Paris: an epoch charged with political and conflicting emotions. Liberation was greeted with joy but marked by recriminations and the trauma of purges. The feverish intellectual arguments of the young took place amidst the mundane reality of hunger and fuel shortages. This is a thrilling, unsurpassed account of the drama and upheaval of one of history's most fascinating eras.

©2018 Antony Beevor and Artemis Cooper (P)2018 Penguin Audio 20th Century Europe France Modern Imperialism War Military Interwar Period

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Critic reviews

"A dashing, multi-dimensional story. This book covers all aspects of life - diplomacy, strategy, rationing, politics and politicking (from Churchill, Pétain's and de Gaulle's point of view), the international theatricals and the tourist invasion, blitzkrieg and Ritzkrieg - to create a lovely tapestry, threaded with facts and figures." (Olivier Todd, Sunday Times)

"Absorbing...a rich, many-layered account, selecting from official documents, private archives, memoirs and histories with a wonderful lightness of touch, so that the most complex events become clear." (Jenny Uglow, Independent on Sunday)

"A beautifully written book about a vast tapestry of military, political and social upheaval. Remarkably well-researched, wise, balanced, very funny at times...I was a witness to events in Paris in the first desperate, glorious, mad weeks, and this is just how it was." (Dirk Bogarde)
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There are so many ways in which the post-war history of France could have taken another route. A brilliant and detailed acount.

great!

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An insightful study of the aftermath of war (an often neglected subject) and French national identity, almost completely ruined by a dull and monotonous delivery, though at least the narrator pronounces most French words correctly. A struggle to listen to, which is a great pity.

Interesting book, shame about the voice.

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Perhaps because this is not military history this is not the best book from this author. Still good objective analysis of an important period of European history that is not well covered outside of France.

Not the best from this author

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A period of history that I knew nothing about. Very interesting and informative. Definitely worth a listen.

Interesting book

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The people alive at this time in Paris certainly led interesting lives. Not the most comfortable of lives, but definitely interesting. This a book about a fascinating time in history with some interesting characters. The struggles of humans in a difficult and uncertain time . Well written and well narrated.

A great historical story.

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A hugely interesting period of history and much was learned about life in France during and after the war ended...it was a little heavy going for an audio book at times and the narrator's voice was easy to drown out until I tuned in on a bit that wasn't excessively in depth about French communists or CDG general disdain of all things..

historically important but a bit hard for audio

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I have listened or read almost all of Antony Beevor's books, and think he is a fine military historian.Stalingrad was a masterpiece.However, this was a mixture of diferent elements in each chapter, some of which were anecdotal.
I also found Sean Barrett's voice somewhat anachronistic, reminding me of Pathe News.

Disappointing

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Excellent narration of a well written book, incisively exploring the myth of de Gaulle post war

Very interesting

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Amazing listen, going to buy some and download some of the others of Anthony Beevor's, really well narrated!

Amazing listen!

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