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GILDEA, Robert: Marianne in Chains: Daily Life in the Heart of France During the German Occupation. New York, Metropolitan Books, Date: 2003. Stated First American Edition 2003. Originally published in the UK in 2002. Hardcover with dust jacket, 507 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / History / World War Two, 1939-1945-France / France-History-German Occupation. Book and jacket condition: Very Good. Light wear and rubbing to jacket extremities. Pages unmarked and clean. A near-first rate copy in a near-fine dust wrapper. "A startling and original view of the occupation of the French heartland, based on a new investigation of everyday life under Nazi rule." Scholarly but vivid account of one of the most devastating periods of 20th century French history. Recommended reading for all history enthusiasts. ISBN: 0805071687 2003. Metropolitan Books ISBN 0805071687 9780805071689 [US]
ISBN10: 0805071687, ISBN13: 9780805071689, [publisher: Metropolitan Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.] Hardcover Book has slight soiling on edges. D/J has not been price clipped and is protected in mylar. [Burlington, ON, Canada] [Publication Year: 2003]
ISBN10: 0805071687, ISBN13: 9780805071689, [publisher: New York : Metropolitan Books] Hardcover A startling and original view of the occupation of the French heartland, based on a new investigation of everyday life under Nazi ruleIn France, the German occupation is called simply the Â"dark years. Â" There were only the Â"good FrenchÂ" who resisted and the Â"bad FrenchÂ" who collaborated. Marianne in Chains, a broad and provocative history, uncovers a rather different story, one in which the truth is more complex and humane. Drawing on previously unseen archives, firsthand interviews, diaries, and eyewitness accounts, Robert Gildea reveals everyday life in the heart of occupied France. He describes the pressing imperatives of work, food, transportation, and family obligations that led to unavoidable compromise and negotiation with the army of occupation. In the process, he sheds light on such subjects as forced labor, the role of the Catholic Church, the Â"horizontal collaborationÂ" between French women and German soldiers, and, most surprisingly, the ambivalent attitude of ordinary people toward the Resistance. A great work of reconstruction, Marianne in Chains provides a clear view, unobscured by romance or polemics, of the painful ambiguities of living under tyranny. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially ...
New York: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, Date: 2003. 1st American Edition. x, 507p., b/w illus., maps, dj. 2003. Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company ISBN 0805071687 US
New York Henry Holt 2002 First U.S. Edition, First printing Journal Stated First American Edition with "1" in full number row. FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET WITH $32.50 PRICE. BOOKPLATE.
New York: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, Date: 2003. 1st American Edition. x, 507p., b/w illus., maps, dj. 2003. Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company ISBN 0805071687 9780805071689 [US]
New York: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, Date: 2002. Hardcover. Fine copy, remainder dot on bottom edge/fine. 8vo. Two-tone boards. Pp xx, 508. Maps. Illustrated: (16) pp plates. Notes. Checklist. Index. The author has examined closely a wide-range of documentary evidence to reassess what life was truly like in the Loire Valley under German occupation. He discovered that accommodation was the usual solution for both the French and the Germans, and the relationship between the two sides was more complex than was claimed by the myth that grew up after the War. 2002. Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company ISBN 0805071687 9780805071689 [US]
New York, New York, U.S.A. Metropolitan Books 2003 First Edition Hard Cover Fine/Fine Dust Jacket 0805071687 507 PAGES, WITH INDEX, BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCE NOTES, PLUS 16 PAGES OF PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS. A startling and original view of the occupation of the French heartland, based on a new investigation of life under Nazi rule. A FINE HARDCOVER IN FINE DUST JACKET.
ISBN10: 0805071687, ISBN13: 9780805071689, [publisher: Metropolitan Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.] Hardcover First Edition (First American Edition, First Printing) Book is a clean tight unmarked copy. [Lebanon, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]
ISBN10: 0805071687, ISBN13: 9780805071689, [publisher: Metropolitan Books] Hardcover New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published [Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]
ISBN10: 0805071687, ISBN13: 9780805071689, [publisher: metropolitan books] Hardcover First Edition a new look at daily life in the heart of france during the gernan occupation [Columbia, SC, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]
ISBN10: 0805071687, ISBN13: 9780805071689, [publisher: Metropolitan Books] Hardcover First Edition Book is in NEW condition. Satisfaction Guaranteed! Fast Customer Service!! [Suffolk, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]
ISBN10: 0805071687, ISBN13: 9780805071689, [publisher: Metropolitan Books] Hardcover First Edition Signed by Author(s) A fine book in a near fine DW, this is a first US edition/ first impression which tells the story of provincial France during the occupation, set mostly in and around the town of Chinon, where all was not Resistance or Collaboration, but the normal life that went on. The book is signed on the titlepage. Signed simply --Robert Gildea. [Birmingham, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2003]
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