A story that combines all the drama of a wartime thriller with immense personality and absolute authenticity.Written as a diary up until her arrest in 1941, and then completed immediately after her liberation in 1945. it was first published as Notre Guerre in 1946, and this is the first time it's been translated into English.Will stand out in the hugely popular genre of books like Suite Francaise, Charlotte Gray and titles by Owen Sheers.
Agnes Humbert was born in 1896 in Dieppe, and married the artist Georges Sabbagh in 1916. They had two sons. Agnes continued her studies in art history, but they were divorced in 1934. In 1936 she published an influential book Louis David: peintre et conventionnel, which made her reputation as an art historian. The following year she was recruited to the staff of the newly created Musee National des Arts et Traditions Populaires, a sister institution to the Musee de l'Homme. After the war she refused on principle to return to the post from which she had been sacked, but continued to write books on art until her death in 1963. Barbara Mellor is a translator specialising in the fine and decorative arts, art history, architectural history, fashion and design. Her most recent projects include The House of Dior and The Society Portrait (both Thames & Hudson), and a series of exhibition catalogues for individual contemporary artists. She now divides her time between the Scottish Borders and the Aveyron.
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