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Charlotte Gray

by Sebastian Faulks Book 3 in the French Trilogy series.

First published 1998

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3.9(14,783)

During the Second World War, Charlotte Gray is recruited for clandestine work and sent into France under a false identity. Her official task brings her into contact with Resistance networks, while a private determination to discover what happened to her missing RAF lover makes every movement more dangerous.

In the fictional town of Lavaurette she encounters the compromises of Vichy rule, German power and the persecution of Jewish families. Courier work, betrayal and divided political loyalties force Charlotte to balance the discipline of an agent with the emotional obligations she cannot abandon.

Historical Periods

Holocaust1933–1945 CE Special Operations Executive in France1940–1945 Vichy France1940–1944

Genres

Espionage Historical Thriller Romance Social & Domestic Fiction War Fiction

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