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The saboteur : the aristocrat who became France's most daring anti-Nazi commando /

A scion of one of the most storied families in France, Robert de La Rochefoucald was raised in magnificent chateaux and educated in Europe's finest schools. When the Nazis invaded and imprisoned his father, La Rochefoucald escaped to England and learned the dark arts of anarchy and combat, crac...

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Main Author:	Kix, Paul (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	La Rochefoucauld, Robert de, > 1923-2012. World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > France. France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945. Guerrillas > France > Biography. HISTORY / Europe / France. HISTORY / Military / World War II. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage.

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