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The Paris Architect
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  • Published: 8 October 2013
  • ISBN: 9780804190824
  • Imprint: RH US Audio Adult
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $23.00
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The Paris Architect

  • Charles Belfoure
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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.
  • Published: 8 October 2013
  • ISBN: 9780804190824
  • Imprint: RH US Audio Adult
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $23.00
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Praise for The Paris Architect

Advance praise for The Paris Architect:

  • "Architect and debut author Belfoure's portrayal of Vichy France is both disturbing and captivating, and his beautiful tale demonstrates that while human beings are capable of great atrocities, they have a capacity for tremendous acts of courage as well. Readers will root for Lucien as he risks his life and discovers strength and character he never knew he had."--Library Journal, STARRED review

  • "Expertly structured plot... a satisfyingly streamlined World War II thriller." --Kirkus

  • "I love that in The Paris Architect, a mercenary, talented man's passion for his creative work leads him down moral roads he never could have envisioned. The ingenious hiding spaces and the people in them infiltrated my imagination for weeks. I dreamed about this novel."-- Jenna Blum, New York Times best-selling author of Those Who Save Us and The Stormchasers

  • "A vivid, suspenseful story which keeps you gripped to the very last page. Charles Belfoure writes with great warmth, conjuring up an intriguing cast of characters, and painting a fascinating picture of Paris under the Occupation, with all its contradictions - the opulence, and the fear."-- Margaret Leroy, author of The Soldier's Wife