In this gripping novel set in Occupied Paris, two young women plan the ultimate act of Resistance – to kill the head of the collabo regime.​

The Nazis are stifling Paris. Great black swastikas are crawling everywhere like spiders.

Collaboration is the policy of the puppet Vichy government. The brothers are away – PoWs, or with the Free French. So what can two young women do to resist?

Kill Marshall Pétain, the head of the puppet government, says Magdalena. But can she persuade her blood sister Anna to join the plot? The reprisals will be terrible. Isn’t there a pure way to resist?

Then Maddie starts going with a German. And everything falls apart.

“I loved this book and am eagerly awaiting the sequel. It’s a page turner, lively and original, and it really makes you feel what it must have been like to be a young person living – and learning about life – in occupied Paris. It’s also a wonderful portrayal of family life and of friendship.” (Amazon customer)

Christopher Ward, The Resistance of Anna and Magdalena
March 2024
ISBN 9781739632212
RRP £11.99
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