{"product_id":"when-paris-went-dark-ronald-c-rosbottom-9780316217439","title":"When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe spellbinding and revealing chronicle of Nazi-occupied Paris.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On June 14, 1940, German tanks entered a silent and nearly deserted Paris. Eight days later, France accepted a humiliating defeat and foreign occupation. Subsequently, an eerie sense of normalcy settled over the City of Light. Many Parisians keenly adapted themselves to the situation-even allied themselves with their Nazi overlords. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the same time, amidst this darkening gloom of German ruthlessness, shortages, and curfews, a resistance arose. Parisians of all stripes -- Jews, immigrants, adolescents, communists, rightists, cultural icons such as Colette, de Beauvoir, Camus and Sartre, as well as police officers, teachers, students, and store owners -- rallied around a little known French military officer, Charles de Gaulle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Paris Went Dark\u003c\/i\u003e evokes with stunning precision the detail of daily life in a city under occupation, and the brave people who fought against the darkness. Relying on a range of resources -- memoirs, diaries, letters, archives, interviews, personal histories, flyers and posters, fiction, photographs, film and historical studies -- Rosbottom has forged a groundbreaking book that will forever influence how we understand those dark years in the City of Light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ronald C. Rosbottom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316217433\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316217439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.60d","brand":"Ronald C. Rosbottom","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046309654783,"sku":"9780316217439","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3f6a0774-0cba-4011-9f9a-5367e64b0918.jpg?v=1684983840","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-paris-went-dark-ronald-c-rosbottom-9780316217439","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}