The Children of Freedom - Softcover

Levy, Marc

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554683033 ISBN 13: 9781554683031

Publisher: Harpercollins Canada, 2009

Synopsis

Eighteen-year-old Jeannotnamed Raymond before he fled from the Nazisand his younger brother, Claude, have found refuge in Toulouse, but freedom is a fleeting illusion in the south of France. Decrees are issued daily limiting the rights of foreigners, and Jews like Jeannot and Claude are still in danger.

Determined to fight the Germans and the Vichy collaborators, Jeannot seeks out the Resistance and joins the 35th Brigade, a band of young foreigners who have escaped arrest and now fight back with stolen weapons and the desperation of youth. In the Brigade, Jeannot finds friends, forbidden romance and even a kind of normalcy until tragedy and treachery strike, and everything he has built is torn apart.

Marc Levy is France’s #1 bestselling novelist, with more than 15 million copies of his seven books sold around the world. InThe Children of Freedom, he has created a gut-wrenching portrait of young men and women forced to grow up too fast and denied their place in the country they love. Based on true stories of the Resistance, including the story of Levy’s own father,The Children of Freedom resurrects untold tales of the Second World War and gives them their rightful place in our narrative history.

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Praise for ‘Children of Freedom’

‘The latest international publishing sensation’
The Guardian

‘A moving tale of courage and the overwhelming instinct for survival.’
Le Monde

‘Marc Levy’s global success demonstrates his universal appeal’
Paris Match

‘The reader can’t help but be moved by this book’
Elle

About the Author

MARC LEVY is one of France's most successful authors but he came late to writing. Initially he worked for the Red Cross in Paris before leaving France to start up a successful computer graphics company in the US. Returning to France he started a very successful architecture company. Now he has made his home in London and has fallen in love with his adopted city.

Levy was inspired to write from his nightly habit of telling stories to his son and soon realised that this was what he was meant to do. Children of Freedom is the first of his novels to have a major British publication, despite his huge success across Europe.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harpercollins Canada
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554683033
• ISBN 13: 9781554683031
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 371