{"product_id":"code-name-christiane-clouet-claire-chevrillon-9780890966297","title":"Code Name Christiane Clouet","description":"In 1943 Claire Chevrillon (code named Christiane Clouet) became head of the Code Service in Paris for General de Gaulle's Delegation and served as the main link in the lines of communication flowing between the Free French Government in London and the Delegation (Provisional Government) in France. It was Chevrillon and her team who coded many of the telegrams in\u003ci\u003e Is \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eParis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Burning\u003c\/i\u003e? Until now, little has been published about this unglamorous but vital aspect of the French Resistance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChevrillon's memoir gives abundant detail about what daily life was like for the French elite during the German occupation. Her father, a scholar and literary critic who had been raised by his celebrated uncle, philosopher-historian Hippolyte Taine, put her in contact with the upper circles of French culture. Her mother, who was from a large, assimilated Jewish family, gave her first-hand knowledge of the persecution of French Jews. Her story vividly portrays the wartime experience of private lives and public events, including the tedious backroom work of the Resistance and four months she spent captive in Paris's dreaded Fresnes prison. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe way Chevrillon tells her story is almost as remarkable as the story itself. Evenhandedly and without embellishment, she relives the days of the occupation, the arrest and deportation of her prominent Jewish relatives, her own role in the underground network, and the eventual liberation of France. The straightforward, even brisk, style with which Chevrillon writes, together with the breadth of her experience and her extensive contacts in French society, give a perspective not often encountered in stories of the World War II underground. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerhaps most important, Chevrillon demonstrates that heroism can take quiet, hidden forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claire Chevrillon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 089096629X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780890966297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/1995 pg. 1628\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/1995 pg. 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/27\/1995 pg. 81","brand":"Claire Chevrillon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947456889087,"sku":"9780890966297","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d04ff364-4173-4c25-9848-ee4dda45213f.jpg?v=1681518839","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/code-name-christiane-clouet-claire-chevrillon-9780890966297","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}