The Mademoiselle Alliance

1940s France and Marie-Madeleine finds herself in charge of a resistance network against Nazi Germany called The Alliance. Being a woman there are additional challenges however she soon has the full support of the Alliance membership.

The Mademoiselle Alliance by Natasha Lester is an account of the work of resistance groups from mid May 1940 until the Germans are defeated in France in September 1944. The end of the Second World War in Europe was declared on 8 May 1945. 

This work of historical fiction is based on a number of actual events and provides a human overlay to the valuable work undertaken by resistance members, often in harsh conditions. For Marie-Madeleine there are additional challenges as she is a mother of three children who she cannot have contact with. Towards the end of the novel she also faces the knowledge that Leon, her lover, has disappeared and she does not know if he is alive or dead.

The Mademoiselle Alliance is a compassionate telling of the horrors that war brings to all people and how people respond respond. 

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