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Mémoires d'un agent secret de la France Libre: Les soldats du silence
Rayon : Histoire Editeur : France-Empire Date de parution : 1998 Description : In-8, 600 pages, broché, occasion, très bon état. Envois quotidiens du mardi au samedi. Les commandes sont adressées sous enveloppes bulles. Photos supplémentaires de l'ouvrage sur simple demande. Réponses aux questions dans les 12h00. ATTENTION : Les expéditions de plus de 2 kilos se voient appliquer un supplément de port. Un envoi en Mondial Relay est possible en France et en Europe. IMPORTANT : Le service économique d'envoi de livres à l'international "livres et brochures" prendra fin au 1er juillet 2025. Clients internationaux, profitez des derniers mois de ce tarif très avantageux. N'hésitez pas à vous renseigner avant de passer commande. Librairie Le Piano-Livre. Merci. Référence catalogue X19509. Please let us know if you have any questions. Thanks
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Published January 1, 1998
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April 5, 2013
This is the second of the 3 volumes in this superb set.
The tone is definitely darker than the first volume and you can understand why: this second volume starts with the betrayal of one of the agents (leading to the arrest of at least 60 people in the network) and ends with the betrayal of another (leading to the destruction of the whole network).
The type of storytelling is also very different: Rémy is in England during most of the events related in this volume, and he is, essentially, telling the stories of the agents in his network. Thus, the writing is a constellation of subplots, with an alternation of third-person and first-person narration: Rémy makes extensive use of reports that the surviving agents wrote, often at his request it seems. The result is an impressive collection of testimonials, always fascinating thanks to the excellent editing job of Rémy.
The only downside is that, in the first part of this volume, one tends to get lost keeping track of all the agents (literally hundreds of them, each with one or several code-names). The second part of the volume, which focuses on the war waged by the Abwehr against Rémy's network, is easier to follow and totally gripping.
There seems to be, also, a subtler progression of the book, which descends progressively from network development to arrests, imprisonment, interrogations and torture. (One does not think it can get any darker, but Volume III begins by following the agents into the concentration camps they were sent to, and in which many died.)
Though it does not rival Volume I in terms of breathless, first-person storytelling, this volume is a compelling testimonial of many aspects of espionage and counter-espionage during WWII (still, I recommend reading Vol. I first).
The tone is definitely darker than the first volume and you can understand why: this second volume starts with the betrayal of one of the agents (leading to the arrest of at least 60 people in the network) and ends with the betrayal of another (leading to the destruction of the whole network).
The type of storytelling is also very different: Rémy is in England during most of the events related in this volume, and he is, essentially, telling the stories of the agents in his network. Thus, the writing is a constellation of subplots, with an alternation of third-person and first-person narration: Rémy makes extensive use of reports that the surviving agents wrote, often at his request it seems. The result is an impressive collection of testimonials, always fascinating thanks to the excellent editing job of Rémy.
The only downside is that, in the first part of this volume, one tends to get lost keeping track of all the agents (literally hundreds of them, each with one or several code-names). The second part of the volume, which focuses on the war waged by the Abwehr against Rémy's network, is easier to follow and totally gripping.
There seems to be, also, a subtler progression of the book, which descends progressively from network development to arrests, imprisonment, interrogations and torture. (One does not think it can get any darker, but Volume III begins by following the agents into the concentration camps they were sent to, and in which many died.)
Though it does not rival Volume I in terms of breathless, first-person storytelling, this volume is a compelling testimonial of many aspects of espionage and counter-espionage during WWII (still, I recommend reading Vol. I first).
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