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Conspiracy of Lies

Kathryn Gauci

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English
Ebony Publishing
08 September 2017
"From the author of ""The Embroiderer"", comes a powerful account of one woman's struggle to balance her duty to her country and her undying love for a man she knows will ultimately end in tragedy. 1940: With the Germans about to enter Paris, Claire Bouchard flees France for England. Two years later she is recruited by the Special Operations Executive and sent back into occupied France in the spring of 1943 to work alongside the Resistance. Working undercover as a teacher in Brittany, Claire, aka Secret Agent Manon - cover name, Marie-Elise, accidentally befriends the wife of the German Commandant of Rennes. Unbeknown to her, SOE had deliberately intended her to meet up with this man but what was to take place was inconceivable for everyone. Knowing that thousands of lives depended on her actions, Claire chose to live a double life as a Gestapo Commandant's mistress in order to retrieve vital information for the Allied Invasion of France. In fear of being labelled a collaborator, few knew of her role, a secret that she would keep until 2001 when she suffers a severe heart attack after receiving a death notice in a German newspaper sent to her from an unknown source in France. Convinced that this had something to do with the heart attack, her daughter, Sarah, tries to get to the bottom of her mother's secret. Part historical, part romance and part thriller, ""Conspiracy of Lies"" takes us through the picturesque villages and towns of rural Brittany to the glittering dinner parties in fine villas and hotels requisitioned by the Nazi elite."

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Imprint:   Ebony Publishing
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 210mm,  Width: 140mm, 
ISBN:   9780648123507
ISBN 10:   0648123502
Pages:   300
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Kathryn Gauci was born in Leicestershire, England, and studied textile design at Loughborough College of Art and later at Kidderminster College of Art and Design where she specialised in carpet design and technology. After graduating, Kathryn spent a year in Vienna, Austria before moving to Greece where she worked as a carpet designer in Athens for six years. There followed another brief period in New Zealand before eventually settling in Melbourne, Australia. Before turning to writing full-time, Kathryn ran her own textile design studio in Melbourne for over fifteen years, work which she enjoyed tremendously as it allowed her the luxury of travelling worldwide, often taking her off the beaten track and exploring other cultures. The Embroiderer is her first novel; a culmination of those wonderful years of design and travel, and especially of those glorious years in her youth living and working in Greece - a place that she is proud to call her spiritual home. For more about Kathryn and her work, you can visit her website at www.kathryngauci.com

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