Paris Undercover
A Wartime Story of Courage, Friendship, and Betrayal
Matthew Goodman
- Two
- women
- in
- Nazi-occupied
- Paris
- created
- a
- daring
- escape
- line
- that
- rescued
- dozens
- of
- Allied
- servicemen.
- With
- one
- still
- in
- a
- German
- prison
- camp,
- the
- other
- wrote
- a
- book
- about
- it—a
- memoir
- built
- on
- fabrications.
- Now
- the
- bestselling
- author
- of
- Eighty
- Days
- shares
- their
- incredible,
- never-before-told
- full
- story.“Goodman’s
- gripping
- account
- chronicles
- the
- events—both
- courageous
- and
- horrifying—and
- illustrates
- how
- loyalty
- and
- betrayal
- can
- coincide
- in
- wartime
- and
- its
- aftermath.”—The
- Washington
- Post“A
- heart-pounding
- tale
- that
- is
- impossible
- to
- put
- down.”—Lynne
- Olson,
- author
- of
- Madame
- Fourcade's
- Secret
- WarEtta
- Shiber
- and
- Kate
- Bonnefous
- are
- the
- unlikeliest
- of
- heroines:
- two
- seemingly
- ordinary
- women,
- an
- American
- widow
- and
- an
- English
- divorcée,
- living
- quietly
- together
- in
- Paris.
- Yet
- during
- the
- Nazi
- occupation,
- these
- two
- friends
- find
- themselves
- unexpectedly
- plunged
- into
- the
- whirlwind
- of
- history.
- With
- the
- help
- of
- a
- French
- country
- priest
- and
- others,
- they
- set
- out
- to
- rescue
- British
- and
- French
- soldiers
- trapped
- behind
- enemy
- lines—some
- of
- whom
- they
- daringly
- smuggle
- through
- Nazi
- checkpoints
- hidden
- inside
- the
- trunk
- of
- their
- car.Ultimately
- the
- Gestapo
- captures
- them
- both.
- After
- eighteen
- months
- in
- prison,
- Etta
- is
- returned
- to
- the
- United
- States
- in
- a
- prisoner
- exchange.
- Back
- home,
- hoping
- to
- bring
- attention
- to
- her
- friend
- Kitty’s
- bravery,
- she
- publishes
- a
- memoir
- about
- their
- work.
- Paris-Underground
- becomes
- a
- publishing
- sensation
- and
- Etta
- a
- celebrity.
- Meanwhile
- Kate
- spends
- the
- rest
- of
- the
- war
- in
- a
- Nazi
- prison,
- entirely
- unaware
- of
- the
- book
- that
- has
- been
- written
- about
- her—and
- the
- deeds
- that
- have
- been
- claimed
- in
- her
- name.In
- researching
- this
- story,
- Matthew
- Goodman
- uncovered
- military
- records
- and
- personal
- testimonies
- that
- reveal,
- for
- the
- first
- time,
- the
- shocking
- truth
- behind
- Etta’s
- memoir
- and
- the
- unexpected,
- far-reaching
- consequences
- of
- its
- publication.
- More
- than
- just
- a
- story
- of
- two
- women’s
- remarkable
- courage,
- Paris
- Undercover
- is
- a
- vivid,
- gripping
- account
- of
- deceit,
- betrayal,
- and
- personal redemption.
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