![]() ![]() ![]() Kershaw's sobering look at a family's heroism in one of the history's darkest hours vividly shows what war costs in human terms. As the Gestapo infiltrate the resistance and discover its secrets, the Jacksons suffer the same fate as their friends, enduring the unspeakable torment of those they aided in the closing moments of the war. Kershaw, using war documents and interviews with the aging Phillip, brilliantly captures the deadly cat-and-mouse game between Charles de Gaulle's underground and the Nazis and Vichy fascists. During the four years of German occupation, the Jackson residence%E2%80%94which was located on the same avenue as the Gestapo headquarters%E2%80%94became a valuable conduit for French resistance fighters, who from the fall of 1940 had been pitted against the Nazi Schutzstaffel and their informers. The untold story of the Jackson family anchors the suspenseful narrative, and Kershaw dazzles readers with the vivid. ![]() Alex Kershaw recreates the City of Light during its darkest days. WWII historian Kershaw (The Liberator) revisits the valorous actions of American surgeon Sumner Jackson who, along with his French wife, Toquette, and young son, Phillip, falsified the medical records of Allied pilots and troops at the American Hospital in Paris to aid them in escaping the Nazis. War History Online is proud to be able to present you this exclusive extracts from Alex Kershaws new book: Avenue of Spies. ![]()
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