This is a powerful book and one that will stay with me for a very long time. A disturbing account of the atrocities that took place during WW2. A story about friendship, passion and survival. Women who were involved in the resistance movement of occupied France by the Germans; the steps they t...
If you are at all interested in social history in France, before, during and after the revolution you will find this book absolutely impossible to put down. Moorehead guides you through the dying days of ancien regime France and gives just enough political history - without becoming tedious - thr...
Refugees and Asylum Seekers have become political footballs in recent years, this book traces the history of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and follows the conditions of people seeking asylum in the world today. There are some personal, tragic and horrific accounts of the violence ...