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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From Martin Dugard, the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Killing series with Bill O’Reilly, comes the spellbinding story of the Allied liberation of Paris from the grip of the Nazis during World War II

“Taking Paris does for Paris during World War II what…

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Marty is one of my favorite writers. I would not say that I am a typical historical nonfiction fan. However, his work is so visual and reads more like a novel. I love the way he turns a phrase. And you must read his footnotes. They are just as interesting as the text. Marty does deep, deep research, and that is what makes his writing so alive. It is the attention to detail.

This book recounts Paris during WW ll when Hitler invaded France in a blitzkrieg that took the government and the country to its knees. Over 120,000 Parisians…

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