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| Author: | Title: | Description: |
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| Amouroux, H. | La Vie des Français sous l’Occupation | Classic insight into the day- to- day experience of living in occupied France. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 1990. Price: £28.50 | ||
| Aubrac, L. | Ils partiront dans l’ivresse | Lucie Aubrac, heroine of the Resistance movement, records a scintillating account of her experiences of the period 1943-44. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 1997. Price: £7.99 | ||
| Aubrac, L. | La Résistance expliquée à mes petits-enfants | Uses a "question and answer" style format making it accessible for those studying the Resistance. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2000. Price: £8.50 | ||
| Azéma, J.-P. | Jean Moulin face à l'histoire | Biography of the hero of the French Resistance now available in paperback reprint. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2004. Price: £14.10 | ||
| Azéma, J.-P., & F. Bédarida (eds). | La France des années noires 2: de l’Occupation à la Libération | Chronological account. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2000. Price: £11.75 | ||
| Barrot, O., & R. Chirat | La vie culturelle dans la France occupée | A look at how cultural life suffered during the Occupation and yet also how it flourished. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2009. Price: £13.99 | ||
| Burrin, P. | La France à l’heure allemande 1940-1944 | Charts the reactions of the French to their occupation. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 1995. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Chavot, P. | L’ABCdaire de la Seconde Guerre mondiale | A- Z of the Second World War. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2001. Price: £9.75 | ||
| Various | La Deuxième Guerre Mondiale | Informative introduction to the major moments of World War Two. Contains many illustrations. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2005. Price: £5.90 | ||
| Doucey, B., & J. Grinfas (eds) | La Résistance en poésie: Des poèmes pour résister | A selection of poems aimed at introducing poetry to students as well as the themes of suffering, anger, hope and love which were expressed by poets writing during the war and the occupation. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2008. Price: £6.75 | ||
| Douzou, L. | La Résistance: Une morale en action | Looking at the different stages of the Resistance, Douzou explains the importance of their work undertaken in very hostile conditions. Photos and documents throughout. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2010. Price: £12.49 | ||
| Dreyfus, F.-G. | Histoire de la Résistance 1940-1945 | Retraces the history of the Résistance movement using archive material. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2003. Price: £12.99 | ||
| Durand, Y. | La France dans la Seconde Guerre mondiale: 1939-1945 | |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Price: £22.95 | ||
| Ferro, M | Questions sur la Seconde Guerre mondiale | A look at the many questions surrounding WWII, including the relationship between Pétain and Laval, Pearl Harbour, and the importance of the Resistance. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2007. Price: £13.45 | ||
| Godard, P. | La Seconde Guerre mondiale | A look at the lives of children during WWII. Text aimed at years 9+; illustrated with photographs. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2010. Price: £14.35 | ||
| Kemp, A. | Le monde en guerre (1939-1945) | Excellent and easy-to-read introduction to the Second world war. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 1995. Price: £16.35 | ||
| Laborie, P. | Les Français sous Vichy et l'occupation | Offers a basic introduction; ideal for A level students. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2003. Price: £7.95 | ||
| Levisse-Touzé, C. | Paris libéré, Paris retrouvé | Describes key moments of the Liberation. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 1994. Price: £15.45 | ||
| Poblete, M. | Lucie Aubrac: "Non au nazisme" | New collection looking at figures from history who refused to accept oppression. In the form of a short novel, this is the story of Lucie Aubrac, heroine of the Resistance. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2008. Price: £9.10 | ||
| Martinez, G., & T. Scotto di Covella. | La France de 1939 à 1945. Le régime de Vichy, l’Occupation, la Libération | Concise presentation of the facts. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 1997. Price: £6.99 | ||
| Moulin, Jean, & Thomas Mann | Entre ici, Jean Moulin | "Les grands discours". Entre ici, Jean Moulin : discours d'André Malraux, ministre d'Etat chargé des affaires culturelles, lors du transfert des cendres de Jean Moulin au Panthéon, 19 décembre 1964, suivi de Vous ne serez pas morts en vain ! : appels de Thomas Mann, sur les ondes de la BBC, mars 1941 et juin 1943. Two hommages to Nazi resistance fighters. Mann's speech is bilingual German-French. With basic time-line. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2010. Price: £4.15 | ||
| Muracciole, J.-F. | La France pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale | Guide by a specialist of this period. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2002. Price: £13.40 | ||
| Muracciole, J.-F. | Histoire de la Résistance en France | Describes the building up of an organized resistance movement. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2003. Price: £11.85 | ||
| Ory, P. | Les Collaborateurs, 1940-1945 | Focuses on those who collaborated with the Vichy government. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 1976. Price: £9.90 | ||
| Paxton, R. | La France de Vichy 1940-1944 | A classic text covering this important period. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 1999. Price: £11.10 | ||
| Rieublandou, P. | J'ai vécu la Résistance: Seconde Guerre mondiale | Three interesting and accessible accounts of resistance from people who took part. Includes background information and documents. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2006. Price: £12.95 | ||
| Rousso, H. | Les Années noires: vivre sous l’Occupation | Indispensable guide to life under the occupation. With full colour illustrations. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2009. Price: £13.99 | ||
| Rousso, H. | Le Régime de Vichy | Fresh exploration of this turbalent period of French history. Written by a specialist in the field. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2007. Price: £12.70 | ||
| Rousso, H. | Le Syndrome de Vichy, de 1944 à nos jours | Studies the effect of the Occupation on post-war French society and politics. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 1990. Price: £11.10 | ||
| Rousso, H. | Vichy, l’événement, la mémoire, l’histoire | Retrospective analysis of the Vichy regime. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2001. Price: £15.85 | ||
| Tacot, F. (ed) | La Résistance en prose: Des mots pour résister | Extracts from various works of literature from the Resistance period including Camus, Sartre, Vercors and Aubrac. Followed by a short interview with a Resistance fighter. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2008. Price: £7.85 | ||
| Vast, C. | Les résistants en France | Another userful little book in the Essentiels Milan series. This one focuses on the French Resistance during WWII. It attempts to look beyond the usual images of the organisation and show the complexity and diversity of what they did. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 2009. Price: £7.99 | ||
| Vial, G. | La France dans la Seconde Guerre mondiale | Relates the experiences suffered by the French during their period of occupation and resistance. |
| Background topics: The Second World War. Published 1998. Price: £7.99 | ||
