The Paris architect

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Paris, 1942. When a wealthy industrialist offers architect Lucien Bernard a large sum of money to devise ingenious hiding places for Jews throughout the city, he struggles with the choice of risking his life or refusing the job and starving. But Lucien agrees and begins designing hiding places so expertly concealed that the Germans could rip up an entire apartment and never find them – behind a painting, within a column, inside a drainpipe. It isn’t long though before Lucien begins to feel emotionally invested in the lives he is saving.

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1942, Paris. Architect Lucien Bernard accepts a commission that will bring him huge wealth – and maybe a death sentence. He has to design a secret hiding place for a wealthy Jewish man, a space so invisible that even the most determined of Nazi soldiers won’t discover it. When one of Lucien’s designs fails horribly, the problem of hiding a Jew becomes personal, and he can no longer deny the enormity of his project. What does he owe his fellow man, and how far will he go to make things right?

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Weight 0.286 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 2.7 cm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

413

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K