Paris-Underground

by Etta Shiber

Book Overview

This early work on wartime Europe is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It details the history and individual experiences during World War II. This is a Fascinating work and is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809472589
• ISBN13: 9780809472581
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Time Life Medical
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A story that needs to be told!

I found this book by accident on a discount table and am so grateful I did. This is an amazing story of two women who chose to do what was right and dangerous during Nazi occupation in France. This story made me wish that I could find the kind of courage and conviction these two women displayed. Their should be names in history next to the well-known heroes of WWII.

History - Brought to Life

Perhaps this book is special to me, because it was written by my very dear friend's Great Aunt. A few weeks ago, this friend lent me an old copy of the book- well worn, and well loved, by the looks of it. "Read it." She insisted. "It means so much to me." Read it I did, and I was completely awed. The story is simply told- Etta was- by no means- a professional author- but the story was penned with heart, and that was all she needed to possess. This woman, and her friend, Kitty, succeeded in doing something we can only dream about from history books. They 'changed the course of the world'- and they were simply ordinary people, living extraordinary lives... that is what means so incredibly much. Through this book, it seems I am right beside Etta, in the German torn Paris- I only wish I had known this amazing woman.If you ever get a chance to read this book- I urge you to do so. You will be amazed with how much you walk away from it with. You will be amazed at their hearts- and exactly how strong a woman can be.

A very readable account of wartime Paris under the Nazis

This book tells of an American woman and an English woman who are in Paris when it falls to the Nazis. The writing is a bit naive but one gets used to it and the story told catches one up. It reminded me of a Helen MacInnes novel, with the big difference: this account is real! It was published in 1943 and I understand was a selection of the Book of the Month Club. There is good propaganda in the account, but that does not really detract from the story, and I found that the book was pageturny. I see it was republshed in 1988 and I wonder if the republication included an account of what happened to the people who were caught up in the daring and courageous work the women were doing.