The Indigo Rebels
By
Ellie Midwood
France, 1940
The German army has marched into Paris. Three siblings, three very different people leading very different lives, find themselves face to face with new occupants of their city, and none of them can guess what the occupation has in store for them, and how it will change their lives once and for all.
Giselle Legrand, a renowned novelist and a socialite, encounters an unannounced guest in her apartment – a newly arrived chief of the Gestapo, Sturmbannführer Dr. Karl Wünsche, who is intended to billet there and who soon starts making rather unwelcome changes in Giselle’s lifestyle. Strong-willed and defiant, Giselle gets involved with one of the first Resistance cells, refusing to submit to the newly established authority despite the developing relationship between the two.
Kamille Blanchard, a new widow of the war left alone with a small daughter, is dreading the approaching army. However, she never expected that she could find love in the arms of an officer, who appears at her door as soon as the German army marches in. But will Kamille be able to trust a former enemy when he has to choose between his feelings and the duty for his country?
Marcel Legrand, a former history student and a deserter, fearing the capture by the Germans has no other choice than ask for the help from the ones he used to fear and avoid – the mysterious communists, who call for an uprising and freeing their country from the Nazi plague.
The German army has marched into Paris. Three siblings, three very different people leading very different lives, find themselves face to face with new occupants of their city, and none of them can guess what the occupation has in store for them, and how it will change their lives once and for all.
Giselle Legrand, a renowned novelist and a socialite, encounters an unannounced guest in her apartment – a newly arrived chief of the Gestapo, Sturmbannführer Dr. Karl Wünsche, who is intended to billet there and who soon starts making rather unwelcome changes in Giselle’s lifestyle. Strong-willed and defiant, Giselle gets involved with one of the first Resistance cells, refusing to submit to the newly established authority despite the developing relationship between the two.
Kamille Blanchard, a new widow of the war left alone with a small daughter, is dreading the approaching army. However, she never expected that she could find love in the arms of an officer, who appears at her door as soon as the German army marches in. But will Kamille be able to trust a former enemy when he has to choose between his feelings and the duty for his country?
Marcel Legrand, a former history student and a deserter, fearing the capture by the Germans has no other choice than ask for the help from the ones he used to fear and avoid – the mysterious communists, who call for an uprising and freeing their country from the Nazi plague.
Soon, the fates of all three siblings will become intertwined in a dangerous
knot, all of them, fighting for the same goal: a liberated France.
What did I
think of the Book?
In times of War and
Peace.
France
is
under occupation. Giselle Legrand has to share her house with the Chief
of the
Gestapo. At first, Dr Karl Wünsche intrigues her, but soon her eyes are
opened and she sees the ruthless monster that he truly is. Appalled by
his behaviour towards her fellow countryman, Giselle joins
the Resistance. She is determined to do her part to rid her country of
these Foreign invaders.
I am a big
fan of Ellie Midwood's work, and I was looking forward to her latest book. The
Indigo Rebels didn't disappoint. It was exactly the kind of story I expect from
Ms Midwood.
Filled with
historical detail and with a compelling plot, The Indigo Rebels was a real page-turner.
I simply could not put it down.
I adored
the characterisation of Giselle. Giselle is a feisty, independent woman who,
despite appearances, is determined to do something to free France. She is
subjected to scorn from her fellow countryman who believes that she has sold
her soul to the enemy, little do they know where her loyalties really lie.
I also
loved the characterisation of Kamille. The complete opposite of her sister,
Kamille, never expected to find love in the arms of the enemy, but Jochen is
like no man she has ever met and her young daughter adores him. I thought it
was a wonderful contrast between Giselle's relationship with the feared Chief
of the Gestapo, Karl. Jochen is loving and kind. He is as appalled as Kamille
to the German atrocities that he is witnessing.
I really enjoyed this book and I think it will be one that I come back to again and again.
If you are
looking for quality historical fiction set in World War One, then you cannot go
far wrong with The Indigo Rebels.
I Highly
Recommend.
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About the author
Ellie
Midwood is an award-winning, best-selling historical fiction writer. She's a
health obsessed yoga enthusiast, a neat freak, an adventurer, Nazi Germany
history expert, polyglot, philosopher, a proud Jew and a doggie mama.
Ellie lives in New York with her fiancé and their Chihuahua named Shark Bait.
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