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A graduate of the pratt institute and columbia university, his practice is in historic. Like most gentiles in nazioccupied paris, architect lucien bernard has little empathy for the jews. I did feel that the ending was a bit weak and left some characters plot lines unfinished. With his unadorned,zippy style and broadbrush characters, belfoure writes like anupandcoming ken follett but with more sex and violence and strongerlanguage. It is full of characters who demonstrate the spectrum of human emotion that is revealed times of political conflict. Jul 15, 2014 an extraordinary book about a gifted architect who reluctantly begins a secret life of resistance, devising ingenious hiding places for jews in world war ii paris. The first edition of the novel was published in october 1st 20, and was written by charles belfoure. See more ideas about country homes for sale, country house, property listing. The new york times bestseller a beautiful and elegant account of an ordinary mans unexpected and reluctant descent into heroism during the second world war.
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