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The Resource The heroes of Sainte-Mère Église : a novel, J.D. Keene

The heroes of Sainte-Mère Église : a novel, J.D. Keene

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The heroes of Sainte-Mère Église : a novel
Title
The heroes of Sainte-Mère Église
Title remainder
a novel
Statement of responsibility
J.D. Keene
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
On May 10, 1940, SS Sturmbannführer Gunther Dettmer stands on the border of Germany and France. He waits with the German war machine for the order from Adolf Hitler to start the western Blitzkrieg-the "lightning war." Six hundred kilometers away, WWI veteran René Legrand plows his fields. He is enjoying the life he has made with his wife and two sons in the peaceful village of Sainte-Mère-Église. Since the end of the last war, he has tried to forget the atrocities he'd witnessed. Most of all, he has tried to forget the horrors he inflicted on others as the deadliest assassin the French Army has ever known, unaware he will soon need the skills of war he once used to perfection. His youngest son, Jean-Pierre, lives the life of a typical thirteen-year- old. He attends school, helps his father in the fields, and tries not to be nervous around the mesmerizing Angelique Lapierre. Events will soon force him to become a man, and along with his father, brother, and a small group of citizens, harass their German occupiers and help the Allies prepare for the D-Day invasion
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Keene, J. D
Literary form
fiction
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  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Sainte-Mer̀e-Eglise (France)
Target audience
adult
Label
The heroes of Sainte-Mère Église : a novel, J.D. Keene
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Publication
Copyright
Control code
pr06709863
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
vi, 387 pages
Isbn
9781690624233
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Label
The heroes of Sainte-Mère Église : a novel, J.D. Keene
Publication
Copyright
Control code
pr06709863
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
vi, 387 pages
Isbn
9781690624233
Other physical details
maps

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