The collector of burned books / Roseanna M. White.
"Paris, 1940. Ever since the Nazi Party began burning books, German writers exiled for their opinions or heritage have been taking up residence in Paris. There they opened a library meant to celebrate the freedom of ideas and gathered every book on the banned list... and even incognito versions of the forbidden books that were smuggled back into Germany. For the last six years, Corinne Bastien has been reading those books and making that library a second home. But when the German army takes possession of Paris, she loses access to the library and all the secrets she'd hidden there. Secrets the Allies will need if they have any hope of liberating the city she calls home. Christian Bauer may be German, but he never wanted anything to do with the Nazi Party; he is a professor, one who's done his best to protect his family as well as the books that were a threat to Nazi ideals. But when Goebbels sends him to Paris to handle the 'relocation' of France's libraries, he's forced into an army uniform and given a rank he doesn't want. In Paris, he tries to protect whoever and whatever he can from the madness of the Party and preserve the ideas that Germans will need again when that madness is over, and maybe find a lost piece of his heart."
Record details
- ISBN: 9798400501739
- ISBN: 9798400501746
- Physical Description: 349 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: Carol Stream, Illinois : Tyndale House Publishers, 2025.
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- Includes discussion questions.
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- Exiles > France > Paris > 20th century > Fiction.
Book burning > France > Paris > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > France > Paris > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Paris (France) > History > 1940-1944 > Fiction.
France > History > German occupation, 1940-1945 > Fiction. - Genre:
- Christian fiction.
Religious fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
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- 24 of 31 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
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- 2 current holds with 31 total copies.
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Summary:
"Paris, 1940. Ever since the Nazi Party began burning books, German writers exiled for their opinions or heritage have been taking up residence in Paris. There they opened a library meant to celebrate the freedom of ideas and gathered every book on the banned list... and even incognito versions of the forbidden books that were smuggled back into Germany. For the last six years, Corinne Bastien has been reading those books and making that library a second home. But when the German army takes possession of Paris, she loses access to the library and all the secrets she'd hidden there. Secrets the Allies will need if they have any hope of liberating the city she calls home. Christian Bauer may be German, but he never wanted anything to do with the Nazi Party; he is a professor, one who's done his best to protect his family as well as the books that were a threat to Nazi ideals. But when Goebbels sends him to Paris to handle the 'relocation' of France's libraries, he's forced into an army uniform and given a rank he doesn't want. In Paris, he tries to protect whoever and whatever he can from the madness of the Party and preserve the ideas that Germans will need again when that madness is over, and maybe find a lost piece of his heart."
