Avenue of spies : a true story of terror, espionage, and one American family's heroic resistance in Nazi-occupied France

Avenue of spies : a true story of terror, espionage, and one American family's heroic resistance in Nazi-occupied France /

Brings to life the true story of an American doctor and his family in Paris, and his heroic espionage efforts during World War II. Exclusive Avenue Foch was Paris's hotbed of spies, secret police, informers, and Vichy collaborators. So when the couple at number 11-- American physician Sumner Ja...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kershaw, Alex (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown Publishers, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Jackson, Sumner Waldron.
Jackson, Sumner Waldron > Family.
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > France > Paris.
Spies > France > Paris > Biography.
Americans > France > Paris > Biography.
Physicians > France > Paris > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > France > Paris.
Spies.
Americans.
Physicians.
History, Military.
Families.
War > Underground movements.
Paris (France) > History, Military > 20th century.
France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945.
France.
France > Paris.
Biographies.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: City of darkness. The fall ; To save France ; The fourteenth ; Day trippers ; Spies of summer ; Winged victory
  • Part 2: Armies of the night. On doctor's orders ; Avenue Boche ; The shadow game ; Number 11 ; The last summer ; The last metro
  • Part 3: Night and fog. Guests of the Reich ; The Coup : July 20, 1944 ; Ave Maria ; Days of glory ; Night and fog ; Neuengamme ; Deliverance
  • Part 4: After the fall. One day in May ; His Majesty's service ; Justice ; Les Invalides.

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