Set of 3 Georges COULONGES books (2003)

Lot of 3 books by Georges COULONGES: La Madelon de l’an 40 + L’enfant sous les étoiles + Les flammes de la liberté - Éditions Presse de la Cité (12 avenue d’Italie, Paris) - 2003 - 303 pages + 324 pages + 331 pages – Soft cardboard cover. (1) LA MADELON DE L’AN 40: 1939... In her small village in the Landes of Gironde, Millette, a pretty fifteen-year-old shepherdess, vows to be the next ‘Madelon’, the queen for a day, elected by the veterans for their annual celebration. But alas, History will shatter her dreams. General mobilization, debacle, allegiance... The dark years begin… (2) L’ENFANT SOUS LES ÉTOILES: In the year 1942, which sees the execution of hostages, the mass arrest of Jews, and the invasion of the free zone by the Germans, is it possible that this village in the Landes of Gironde, between the pines and the ocean, still retains its faith in the Marshal? ….. (3) LES FLAMMES DE LA LIBERTÉ: In occupied France, the Resistance has organized. Dédé Lassale and his friends are part of it. One night, they are about to receive a parachute drop of weapons from London….