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Pirate Irwin

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Old Etonian once termed Damon Runyonesque because of articles on horse racing sent from Australia...always been fascinated by WWII and especially the complex French situation which exposed the best and the worst of human nature of the citizens in an occupied country. Research for books helped by living for 20 years in France where he worked for leading press agency Agence France Presse (AFP), a country that is still haunted by its past and for not having dealt with it properly because de Gaulle preferred to heal the wounds and create a myth of all round resistance save a few misguided bad eggs, a minority of whom paid the heaviest penalty.

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	The Tortured Detective (Inspector Lafarge #2) 4.20 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Compromised Detective (Inspector Lafarge #3) 3.89 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Haunted Detective (Inspector Lafarge #4) 4.05 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	War Crimes: An Inspector Lafarge Omnibus 4.09 avg rating — 34 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Twisted Patriot (Inspector Lafarge #1) 4.11 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Serpentine Detective: An Inspector Lafarge Novel 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Redeemed Detective: An Inspector Lafarge Novel 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	the war crimes omnibus it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Fascinating account of a mission, which I like many I would wager had never heard of, undertaken by Lord Walter Runciman, a distinguished politician, to Czechoslovakia in order to bring a peaceful agreement between the Sudeten Germans and the Czechs. ...more
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