Monsieur Le Commandant
Published on 1. January 2025
192 pages
978-1-80533-468-2 (ISBN)
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French Academician and Nazi sympathiser, Paul-Jean Husson, writes a letter to his local SS officer in the autumn of 1942.Tormented by an illicit passion for Ilse, his German daughter-in-law, Husson has taken a decision that will devastate several lives, including his own.The letter explains why. It is a dramatic and sometimes harrowing story that begins in the years leading up to the war, when the Academician's gilded existence starts to unravel. Husson's confession is a startling picture of one man's journey: from pillar of the French Establishment and First World War hero, to outspoken supporter of Nazism and the Vichy government.
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Born in Paris, Romain Slocombe is a writer who also works as a director, translator, illustrator, cartoonist and photographer.
