{"product_id":"americans-in-paris-isbn-9780143118664","title":"Americans in Paris","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn unforgettable portrait of Paris and Vichy France during the Nazi occupation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmericans in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e recounts tales of adventure, intrigue, passion, deceit, and survival under the brutal Nazi occupation through the eyes of the Americans who lived through it all. Renowned journalist Charles Glass tells the story of a remarkable cast of five thousand expatriates--artists, writers, scientists, playboys, musicians, cultural mandarins, and ordinary businessmen--and their struggles in Nazi Paris. Glass's discovery of letters, diaries, war documents, and police files reveals as never before how Americans were trapped in a web of intrigue, collaboration, and courage.\"A story of extraordinary precision... absorbing.\" --\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rich in intrigue and heroism... a fascinating treat.\" --Antony Beevor, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003e(UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Glass, a world-class journalist, proves a gifted historian in this   electrifying account of resistance, collaboration, terror, and   valor.\" -- \u003ci\u003eParade \u003c\/i\u003emagazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Glass] skillfully uses memoirs, diaries, letters, documents and   official records to draw a picture of expatriates caught in a mesh of   deceit, bravery, self-sacrifice and fear, and places them in the context   of diplomacy and the wider war.\" --\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003eCHARLES GLASS was the chief Middle East correspondent for ABC News from 1983 to 1993 and has covered wars in the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. His writings appear in \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine, The New York Review of Books, The London Review of Books, The Independent\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eTribes with Flags\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tribes Triumphant, Money for Old Rope,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Northern Front\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently \u003ci\u003eAmericans in Paris: Life and Death Under Nazi Occupation\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewww.charlesglass.net","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305522843877,"sku":"NP9780143118664","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143118664.jpg?v=1767721447","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/americans-in-paris-isbn-9780143118664","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}