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Post by geordy on Feb 14, 2011 7:18:32 GMT -5
JUst got Cara Black's newslatter...the new book is "Murder in Passy"...how about that Shoesy!
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Post by Shoesy on Feb 14, 2011 13:47:06 GMT -5
Yikes, Geordy !!!  |
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Post by mossie on Feb 15, 2011 6:19:20 GMT -5
Happy. Two more little nuggets re the Flemings.
Ian worked for British intelligence during the war and was responsible for "The man who never was" where a corpse was floated of the Spanish coast with dummy plans for an invasion of Greece. They knew the Spanish would pass this on to the Germans who were thereby deceived and kept a strong force in Greece, when the invasion took the obvious route through Sicily.
Peter was put in charge of the secret resistance force set up in 1940 who were to hide in secret bunkers and harry the German forces if they invaded. The huntsman from our village was one of these, they were of course sworn to secrecy, not even allowed to tell their wives. Bunkers were dug out in the woods, equipped with enough food, arms and explosives to last for the two or three weeks which was all they could be expected to survive for.
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Post by Happygoin on Feb 15, 2011 8:07:19 GMT -5
Wow, Mossie! What an exciting pair they were! I know many people are bored to tears with WWII stuff, but I find it fascinating. How I wish I'd asked my father for more of his memories while he was living. I'll always regret that. But if I have any questions when I get Peter's book, I'll know whom to ask...  |
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Post by suzanne on Feb 20, 2011 15:55:46 GMT -5
I just read in the calender section of today's paper about a book call "The Paris Wife." Looks like my kind of read. I ordered it from Amazon already.
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Post by Happygoin on Feb 20, 2011 20:24:06 GMT -5
I read that too, Suzanne. For those who didn't see it, it's an account of Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley, and their years living in Paris. I wonder if it's a true depiction based on notes, memoirs, diaries and the like, or if it's one of those this-is-how-it-could-have-been types. Sounds good if it's the real deal.
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Post by geordy on Mar 15, 2011 7:46:03 GMT -5
I just started..yesterday lunch hour(!)... " Foreign Tongue" by Vanina Marsot. The protagonist is a French/American who lives in LA but escapes to Paris after a heartbreak. She takes an assignment translating an erotic novel from French to English.
Each chapter begins with a quote in French which is translated at the bottom of the page. Lots of French conversation..and excerpts from the novel..then translated into English. Enjoying seeing how much I "get" before reading the translation!
A bit risque if that's not your thing...but fun so far!!
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Post by Happygoin on Mar 15, 2011 8:30:40 GMT -5
I read that a couple of years ago, geordy. I liked it!
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Post by Jody on Mar 15, 2011 10:07:13 GMT -5
Just started 1000 years of Annoying The French. History from the English point of view, pretty funny. It's too big to take on the plane today so it will have to keep until we come home.
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Post by jo on Mar 15, 2011 17:14:08 GMT -5
A bit risque if that's not your thing...but fun so far!! Actually, that's right up my alley! ;D  Jo |
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Post by geordy on Mar 15, 2011 17:19:45 GMT -5
A bit risque if that's not your thing...but fun so far!! Actually, that's right up my alley! ;D Jo Why doesn't that surprise me??? Mine too...but I thought I'd give fair warning!! It also gives some interesting explanations of the differences in "swear words" in French and English......useful..... |
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Post by mossie on Mar 16, 2011 9:13:00 GMT -5
Now , now, girls calm down. Some of us are trying to sleep. ;D ;D ;D
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Post by jo on Mar 16, 2011 17:39:11 GMT -5
Now , now, girls calm down. Some of us are trying to sleep. ;D ;D ;D Mossie, you're not fooling anyone, you love it! Jo |
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Post by Penny on May 14, 2011 16:28:03 GMT -5
I recently saw mention of a book that sounded interesting.
well in my aggravation I didn't set it aside and forgot where I saw the review.
I may have seen it in Parade Magazine but the Parade Picks are not in chronological order
It was published in 02 so I'm not sure if I saw a recently published review or if it was in one of the old magazines I'm tearing apart for my collage.
I did a google search and think this is it.
Wine & War: The French, the Nazis & the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure (Hardcover)
by Don Kladstrup.
but then it could be this:
Champagne : how the world's most glamorous wine triumphed over war and hard times Author Kladstrup, Don. published 2005
So has anyone read either of these read?
Are they worth finding?
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Post by geordy on May 14, 2011 17:02:35 GMT -5
I read Wine and War in paperback probably when it first came out. I enjoyed it but I love wine :Pand am generally a sucker for anything about France, WWII, and outwitting Nazis! I just finished "The Metropolis Case". It spans 3 centuries and takes place in NYC, Paris, And Vienna. It is about opera..and opera singers , architecture and an architect, 9/11,cats, and a lot more,,right up my alley!  |
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Post by Happygoin on May 14, 2011 21:05:34 GMT -5
I bought Wine and War in Paris in January and read it on the plane home. I don't even enjoy wine (I know, blasphemy!) and I really enjoyed the book. It's a fairly slim volume; it didn't take long to read. But it was good.
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Post by cigalechanta on May 14, 2011 22:40:08 GMT -5
I read Cara's latest book, Murder in Passy. I think it's her best so far.
She lives in Calif.(San Fran) I in Boston (Cambridge)
So we lunch together, Her new book which she is writing and researching,
takes place i n 14th
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Post by suzanne on May 15, 2011 10:41:41 GMT -5
I'm about half way through Murder in Passy. I agree, it is the much better than the last one.
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Post by janetnj on May 15, 2011 14:59:15 GMT -5
Went to Ollie's Bargain Outlet today - they had a closeout on Frommer's travel guides for $2.99. Bought "25 Great Drives in France", plus guidebooks for London and Amsterdam. Having fun adding places to the never-ending list.
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Post by mossie on Jun 19, 2011 3:28:41 GMT -5
Currently reading the new Stephen Clarke book "Paris revealed, the secret life of a city"
Gives an amusing, sometimes tongue in cheek insight into all sorts of things Parisian. I have learnt a lot and haven't yet finished it.
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