Single to Paris

Rosie Ewing #4

by Alexander Fullerton

SOE agent Rosie Ewing, who has recently escaped from being deported to a death camp, is being flown home. However, as she returns, two SOE agents are arrested and held in Paris by the Gestapo—or someone worse. As Rosie knows these agents, she is sent back to try and rescue them. She starts with tracking down Jacqueline, a woman she recruited for some SOE work, but who has Nazi boyfriends. Jacqueline has moved to Paris with Gerhardt Clausen, a high-ranking member of the SD. When Rosie finds her, she warns her that when the war is over, Jacqueline faces severe treatment for having collaborated. Rosie offers her SOE protection, if she will introduce her to Gerhardt, whom she has heard is interrogating Yvette and Guillame, the two SOE agents. Gripping and authentic, Single to Paris  concludes the four-volume Rosie Ewing series in a dramatically emphatic way.

Genres: Historical Fiction

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Alexander Fullerton (1924–2008) was a British author of naval and other fiction. Born in 1924 in Suffolk and brought up in France, he was a cadet during the years 1938-1941 at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth from the age of thirteen. He went to sea serving first in the battleship Queen Elizabeth in the Mediterranean, and spent the rest of the war at sea - mostly under it, in submarines.

Fullerton's first novel SURFACE! sold over 500,000 copies. Then he worked on the 9-volume Nicholas Everard series that made his reputation.

Series:
* Nicholas Everard Saga
* Rosie Ewing

Source: Wikipedia

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

First introduction to the character and of course I pick up the last book in the series - though a story about an SOE agent working with the French Resistance just as Paris is about to be liberated (but WHEN???) is of some passing interest. Generally liked the protagonist/heroine who shows some definite chops at working in occupied France with fake identities etc. in close proximity to nasty Nazis and even worse French fascists, but the other main characters offered some contrast and variety always with the question as to whether the author was telling us everything or saving up a surprise for us - but of course there is a surprise and more than one which kept this an interesting and entertaining read. Not sure, however, that I like this enough to chase down the other books in the serious though if one falls in to my hands I will not complain. And, I will definitely look again at any other book that bears the author's name just in case in falls closer into my wheelhouse.

[John L Brentlinger · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not my kind

Lots of words. Still lots of words about a bike trip. Even 9 more words to get to the minium.

[David Megginson · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit over halfway through, it's holding up well — it creates a vivid picture of the confusion in Paris on the eve of liberation in summer 1944, when control can change from the Nazi German occupiers to the Gaullists to the Communists from one street to the next.

[Lorna · Rating 1 out of 5]

Poor unbelievable plot, unrealistic view of history, pretty poor characterisation. Nothing to recommend it except an ability to accurately describe routes through Paris. Probably should have given a 2 but just finished some Alan Massie and the contrast was rather stark. Not read anything else by him and possible wont now.

[Kate Millin · Rating 4 out of 5]

OE girl Rosie is sent back to Paris to try and rescue 2 colleagues as the Americans are nearly there in 1945