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Number 12 Rue Sainte-Catherine: And Other Stories

Number 12 Rue Sainte-Catherine: And Other Stories

Gates, Roberta Hartling

Paperback

General FictionHistorical Fiction

Publisher Price: $19.99

ISBN10: 1960018906
ISBN13: 9781960018908
Publisher: Running Wild Press
Published: Sep 9 2024
Pages: 222
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Though unexceptional in every way, Klaus Barbie, a mid-level Gestapo chief, ruled Lyon, France, like a medieval tyrant from 1942-44. Crowds parted to let him pass; a table was permanently reserved for him at Le Lapin Blanc, Lyon's raciest nightclub; and pretty young women slipped him notes inscribed with their phone numbers. But his glory days represented only a thin slice of his life. What prepared him for his role as the so-called Butcher of Lyon, and what became of him after the war ended? In an attempt to answer these and other questions, this collection of nine wide-ranging and skillfully written stories presents Barbie in a variety of guises, from that of a vulnerable young boy, to a preening young man on the make, to an enfeebled old man forced to confront his crimes forty years after the fact. Though wars and their excesses flare up and die down, evil is always with us, promising a god-like dominion over others that seduces those who are weakest. This book is a reminder of that.

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