LES PARISIENNES: HOW THE WOMEN OF PARIS LIVED, LOVED, AND DIED UNDER NAZI OCCUPATION By Anne Sebba St. Martin’s Press, $27.99, 457 pages, illustrated Many famous and beautiful European cities fell ...

Among the many remarkable portraits of famous French women displayed on the photograph pages of Anne Sebba’s Les Parisiennes are two that stand out: Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel and Geneviève de Gaulle.

The Nazis have taken over your town, the men are in prisons or factories, and food is scarce. How will you get through the rest of the war? That's the central question of "Les Parisiennes," Anne Sebba ...

Les Parisiennes: How The Women Of Paris Lived, Loved And Died In The 1940s Long war made it hard to resist Les Parisiennes: How The Women Of Paris Lived, Loved And Died In The 1940s by Anne Sebba ...

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TWO opposing images have come to symbolise women during the Liberation of Paris. One is of chic girls waving the French Tricolour in front of the Arc de Triomphe. The other is of the "femmes tondues", ...

Walking 184 miles with a grown-up child. The role of women in occupied France. A 42-year-old long-distance runner. How to behave when taking children to the doctor. Show more Guilt Trip is a new ...

From female soldiers insulted by men to the prostitutes who heroically sheltered airmen – a reminder that half the story of the second world war remains untold One of the greatest scenes from the hit ...