The Last Hours in Paris
A Novel

3.5 rounded up “A portrait of war and retribution“ of “love and forgiveness“ and of polar opposite of love with hate. Paris in 1944 is under the tight yoke of Nazi control and Élise Chevalier is full of rage and doing what she can to covertly defy the unwelcome regime. Sébastian Kleinhaus wears the......more

While Paris Slept is an immersive and beautiful story, and I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to have read Ruth Druart’s next novel, now available, The Last Hours in Paris. Set between Paris in the 1940s and Brittany in the 1960s, The Last Hours in Paris is a story of war and sacrifice with......more

Su šia knyga man suveikė toks atbulinis efektas. Imdama skaityti pirmąjį autorė romaną „Kol Paryžius miegojo“ – didelių lūkesčių neturėjau. Maniau, laukia dar viena meilėm ir mirtim graudinanti, Antrąjį pasaulinį karą išnaudojanti knyga, pasakojanti apie paslaptis, pasimetusias istorijos vingiuose.......more

After loving While Paris Slept by this author, I was thrilled to be invited onto the tour of Druart's latest novel. I feel that the WWII genre is hugely saturated, and so it is a challenge for historical fiction authors to produce a novel that is powerful and memorable. While Paris Slept certainly ac......more

*[URL not allowed] 4.5 stars Occupied Paris is the moving backdrop for The Last Hours in Paris, grand scale novel about the power of connection, endurance, survival and hope in the face of adversity. A story that carries the reader through the depth of the war, to the fallout ye......more