The Death of Jean Moulin by Patrick Marnham
Who was Jean Moulin? According to the official version, he was the exiled General de Gaulle's emissary to the French Resistance movements during World War II and became the political head of the Resistance in 1943. He was captured in Lyons and tortured by the Gestapo, and is believed to have died a few days later without talking. After the war his ashes were transferred to the Pantheon - France's greatest honour.;So much for the legend. But what is the truth of Jean Moulin? Patrick Marnham set out to write an uncritical biography of a very brave man but his research uncovered a far more fascinating and ambivalent figure. It took Marnham from the Provencal village where Jean Moulin spent his childhood, through the scenes of his career and his bohemian life as an artist in Montparnasse, right up to the doctor's room in Caluire where he was sitting when Klaus Barbie's Gestapo burst through the door and where, in 1987, Marnham interviewed the doctor himself. His biographical detection discloses a plot within a plot and summarizes the evidence as to who actually killed Jean Moulin. He also reveals how a heroic legend was manufactured to take the place of a heroic life.
Patrick Marnham was born in Jerusalem, was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and trained to be a barrister before turning his attention fully to writing. He has been Paris correspondent for "The Independent," a reporter for "Private Eye" and Literary Editor of "The Spectator." His books include "So Far From God: A Journey to Central America" (winner of the 1985 Thomas Cook Prize), "The Man Who Wasn't Maigret: A Portrait of Georges Simenon," (winner of the Marsh Biography Award) and most recently "Dreaming with His Eyes Open: A Life of Diego Rivera." He has lived in Paris for the lasr twelve years and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719559198 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719559197 |
| Title | The Death of Jean Moulin |
| Author | Patrick Marnham |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 2000-06-15 |
| Number of pages | 300 |
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