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French Resistance #1
Resistance
A gripping tale of romance and heroism set against the backdrop of a war-torn Europe.
In May 1940, Captain James Barron who is serving as an intelligence officer with the BEF in Flanders, attends the wedding of a prosperous French wine merchant’s daughter in the city of Chartres.
As he is greeted with an abundance of wealth and lavish hospitality, he finds comfort in the beauty of the three de Gruchy daughters. It is looking out to be a decadent weekend until he awakes to find out that the German army has crossed the frontier...
As wars ensues, the Gruchy family is torn apart but James manages to make an escape to England via Dunkirk. His role soon moves into the newly formed Special Operations Executive, leaving him in charge of several agents in France, members of the De Gruchy family being amongst them. James’ job is made all the more difficult when he realises he has fallen hopelessly in love with one of the daughters.
Resistance manages to evoke the terror and betrayal taking place in the 1940s, perfect for fans of an enticing war drama that leaves you wanting more.
Praise for Christopher Nicole:
“Fast-paced, entertaining, appealing!” – Library Journal
Christopher Nicole’s novels have been read by millions all over the world. From Severn House, his McGann family chronicles concluded with Raging Sea, Searing Sky and The Passion and The Glory, whilst more recent publications have included The Triumph, Dragon’s Blood and The Command.
In May 1940, Captain James Barron who is serving as an intelligence officer with the BEF in Flanders, attends the wedding of a prosperous French wine merchant’s daughter in the city of Chartres.
As he is greeted with an abundance of wealth and lavish hospitality, he finds comfort in the beauty of the three de Gruchy daughters. It is looking out to be a decadent weekend until he awakes to find out that the German army has crossed the frontier...
As wars ensues, the Gruchy family is torn apart but James manages to make an escape to England via Dunkirk. His role soon moves into the newly formed Special Operations Executive, leaving him in charge of several agents in France, members of the De Gruchy family being amongst them. James’ job is made all the more difficult when he realises he has fallen hopelessly in love with one of the daughters.
Resistance manages to evoke the terror and betrayal taking place in the 1940s, perfect for fans of an enticing war drama that leaves you wanting more.
Praise for Christopher Nicole:
“Fast-paced, entertaining, appealing!” – Library Journal
Christopher Nicole’s novels have been read by millions all over the world. From Severn House, his McGann family chronicles concluded with Raging Sea, Searing Sky and The Passion and The Glory, whilst more recent publications have included The Triumph, Dragon’s Blood and The Command.
258 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 28, 2003
About the author
Christopher Nicole
225 books58 followersChristopher Robin Nicole was born on 7 December 1930 in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana), where he was raised. He is the son of Jean Dorothy (Logan) and Jack Nicole, a police officer, both Scottish. He studied at Queen's College in Guyana and at Harrison College in Barbados. He was a fellow at the Canadian Bankers Association and a clerk for the Royal Bank of Canada in Georgetown and Nassau from 1947 to 1956. In 1957, he moved to Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom, where he currently lives, but he also has a domicile in Spain.
On 31 March 1951, he married his first wife, Jean Regina Amelia Barnett, with whom he had two sons, Bruce and Jack, and two daughters, Julie and Ursula, they divorced. On 8 May 1982 he married for the second time with fellow writer Diana Bachmann.
As a romantic and passionate of history, Nicole has been published since 1957, when he published a book about West Indian Cricket. He published his first novel in 1959 with his first stories set in his native Caribbean. Later he wrote many historical novels set mostly in tumultuous periods like World War I, World War II and the Cold War, and depict places in Europe, Asia and Africa. He also wrote classic romance novels. He specialized in Series and Sagas, and continues to write into the 21st century with no intention of retiring.
He signs his books as Christopher Nicole and uses several pseudonyms, some of them female. Pseudonyms used include: Peter Grange, Andrew York, Robin Cade, Mark Logan, Christina Nicholson, Alison York, Leslie Arlen, Robin Nicholson, C. R. Nicholson, Daniel Adams, Simon McKay, Caroline Gray and Alan Savage. He wrote disaster thrillers in collaboration with his wife, Diana Bachmann, under the penname Max Marlow. Under his different pseudonyms he has worked with many publishing houses: Jarrolds, Hutchinson, Simon & Schuster, Coward-McCann & Geoghegan, Jove, Michael Joseph, Mills & Boon, and Severn House.
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On 31 March 1951, he married his first wife, Jean Regina Amelia Barnett, with whom he had two sons, Bruce and Jack, and two daughters, Julie and Ursula, they divorced. On 8 May 1982 he married for the second time with fellow writer Diana Bachmann.
As a romantic and passionate of history, Nicole has been published since 1957, when he published a book about West Indian Cricket. He published his first novel in 1959 with his first stories set in his native Caribbean. Later he wrote many historical novels set mostly in tumultuous periods like World War I, World War II and the Cold War, and depict places in Europe, Asia and Africa. He also wrote classic romance novels. He specialized in Series and Sagas, and continues to write into the 21st century with no intention of retiring.
He signs his books as Christopher Nicole and uses several pseudonyms, some of them female. Pseudonyms used include: Peter Grange, Andrew York, Robin Cade, Mark Logan, Christina Nicholson, Alison York, Leslie Arlen, Robin Nicholson, C. R. Nicholson, Daniel Adams, Simon McKay, Caroline Gray and Alan Savage. He wrote disaster thrillers in collaboration with his wife, Diana Bachmann, under the penname Max Marlow. Under his different pseudonyms he has worked with many publishing houses: Jarrolds, Hutchinson, Simon & Schuster, Coward-McCann & Geoghegan, Jove, Michael Joseph, Mills & Boon, and Severn House.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christop... and
http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL1009...
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April 16, 2018
An enjoyable read indeed. The number of novels set in Occupied France seems shows no signs of abating. The unexpected ferocity of the German onslaught,, the sudden capitulation of France, the risk of betrayal, collaboration, anti Jewish feeling, spying, sabotage,the beginning of the resistance, are all great background elements for a novel. And this writer insists on having bold and enterprising women characters.Some love interest as well. I got caught up in the story and want to read the rest of the series.
Of course there are some far fetched coincidences and other such literary devices. But not enough to spoil the story.
I have to say though- looking at the kindle version :The layout is poor, certain scenes and dialogues between different characters set in separate places just merge together. The spelling is not so good either.
Of course there are some far fetched coincidences and other such literary devices. But not enough to spoil the story.
I have to say though- looking at the kindle version :The layout is poor, certain scenes and dialogues between different characters set in separate places just merge together. The spelling is not so good either.
October 27, 2018
Enjoyed the story very much; I think this book needs a better editor. Apart from a few English mistakes, I didn't like changing to another group of people in the middle of a page without any signs of the change, by this I mean, I'm reading about two people talking then, all of a sudden, it's another group of people conversing, without separation of any kind, maybe a line showing the first conversation was finished ... there was absolutely nothing. This happened quite often in the book and it did bother me because it broke the flow. I did buy all the books in this series and am now on Book 2 so I hope this doesn't happen throughout the series.
November 16, 2020
The fight is on
Another great story by this author hence the 5 stars. A rich family are caught up in the second world war who makes it to the end you will have to read the book to find out.
Another great story by this author hence the 5 stars. A rich family are caught up in the second world war who makes it to the end you will have to read the book to find out.
June 28, 2019
Good book
This series is off to a good start. And promises to be very good. Can't wait to read the next one. This author is suberb!
This series is off to a good start. And promises to be very good. Can't wait to read the next one. This author is suberb!
July 14, 2019
Resistance
Resistance is a promising start to another great series by Christopher Nichols. I love it how he blends historic fact with literary fiction.
Resistance is a promising start to another great series by Christopher Nichols. I love it how he blends historic fact with literary fiction.
August 27, 2019
Held in awe.
Amazing I suspense all the way through the book must read no 2 to follow with no 3 book wonderfull
Amazing I suspense all the way through the book must read no 2 to follow with no 3 book wonderfull
September 30, 2019
French Occupation
Very interesting historical read!! Covered the fall of France and the start of the resistance!! Very believable characters!! Great fast paced storyline!!
Very interesting historical read!! Covered the fall of France and the start of the resistance!! Very believable characters!! Great fast paced storyline!!
August 7, 2020
I read the 2 book set because I enjoy historical fiction. But there was too much graphic sex. It didn’t add at all to the story. I will not be reading any other books by this author.
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October 4, 2018Synopsis: a BEF intelligence officer attends a wedding in Flanders in 1940. Soon he is running agents with ties to the wedding.
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