The Paris Architect, Charles Belfoure
The Paris Architect, Charles Belfoure
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The Paris Architect

Author: Charles Belfoure

Narrator: Mark Bramhall

Unabridged: 11 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/08/2013


Synopsis

Like most gentiles in Nazi-occupied Paris, architect Lucien Bernard has little empathy for the Jews. So when a wealthy industrialist offers him a large sum of money to devise secret hiding places for Jews, Lucien struggles with the choice of risking his life for a cause he doesn't really believe in. Ultimately he can't resist the challenge and begins designing expertly concealed hiding spaces—behind a painting, within a column, or inside a drainpipe—detecting possibilities invisible to the average eye. But when one of his clever hiding spaces fails horribly and the immense suffering of Jews becomes incredibly personal, he can no longer deny reality.

Written by an expert whose knowledge imbues every word, this story becomes more gripping with every life the architect tries to save.

About The Author

Charles Belfoure is an author and architect who lives in Westminster, MD. A graduate of the Pratt Institute and Columbia University, his practice is in historic preservation working as both an architect and historic preservation consultant with a a specialty in historic tax credit consulting. He has written architectural histories including being the co-author of The Baltimore Rowhouse and Niernsee & Neilson, Architects of Baltimore, the author of Monuments to Money: The Architecture of American Banks, and Edmund Lind, Anglo-American Architect of Baltimore and the South. He was the recipient of a grant from the James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation and the Graham Foundation. His books have won awards from the Maryland Historical Trust. The Paris Architect is his first novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Maria

O Vírus Benigno Lucien é um arquiteto ambicioso que não sente particular empatia pelo sofrimento alheio. Assim, quando convidado a participar num empreendimento que poderá salvar vidas humanas, apenas se sente motivado pelo lado material do projecto. Porém, com o passar do tempo, a prática a que se ent......more