Lana's War
About this book
From the bestselling author of The Light After the War comesthe unforgettable story of a young woman waging her own war against the Nazis as a spy for the Resistance on the French Riviera. Paris, 1943: Lana Antanova is rushing to tell her husband she is pregnant when she witnesses him being executed by a Gestapo officer for hiding a Jewish girl in a piano. Overcome with grief, Lana loses the baby. A few months later, a heartbroken Lana is approached to join the Resistance on the French Riviera. As the daughter of a Russian countess, Lana has the perfect background to infiltrate the émigré community of Russian aristocrats who socialise with Nazi officers, including the man who killed her husband. Lana's cover story makes her the mistress of a wealthy Swiss playboy, the darkly handsome and charismatic Guy Pascal, and her base his villa in Cap Ferrat. Together they make a ruthlessly effective team. Consumed by her mission, Lana doesn't count on becoming attached to a young Jewish girl or falling helplessly in love with Guy. As the Nazis close in, Lana's desire to protect the ones she loves threatens to put them all at risk.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Chapter One: Paris, July 1943
- Chapter Two: Paris, October 1943
- Chapter Three: Nice, November 1943
- Chapter Four: Nice, November 1943
- Chapter Five: Nice, November 1943
- Chapter Six: Nice, November 1943
- Chapter Seven: Nice, November 1943
- Chapter Eight: Nice, December 1943
- Chapter Nine: Nice, December 1943
- Chapter Ten: Nice, December 1943
- Chapter Eleven: Nice, December 1943
- Chapter Twelve: Nice, December 1943
- Chapter Thirteen: Nice, December 1943
- Chapter Fourteen: Nice, December 1943
- Chapter Fifteen: Nice, December 1943
- Chapter Sixteen: Nice, December 1943
- Chapter Seventeen: Nice, December 1943
- Chapter Eighteen: Nice, December 1943
- Chapter Nineteen: Nice, December 1943
- Chapter Twenty: Nice, December 1943
- Chapter Twenty-One: Nice, January 1944
- Chapter Twenty-Two: Nice, January 1944
- Chapter Twenty-Three: Paris, December 24, 1954
- Acknowledgments
- Reading Group Guide
- ‘The Light After the War’ Teaser
- About the Author
- Copyright
