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Wine and War

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1st September 2011

Price: £12.99

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Selected: ebook / ISBN-13: 9781444717570

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In the vineyards, wine caves, and cellars of France as war and occupation came to the country winemakers acted heroically not only to save the best wines but to defend their way of life.
These are the true stories of vignerons who sheltered Jewish refugees in their cellars and of winemakers who risked their lives to aid the resistance. They made chemicals in secret laboratories to fuel the resistance and fled from the Gestapo when arrests became imminent.
There were treacheries too, as some of the nation’s winemakers supported the Vichy regime or the Germans themselves and collaborated.
Donald Kladstrup is a retired American network correspondent. He and his wife Petie have accumulated these fascinating stories, told with the pace and action that will fascinate fiction and non-fiction readers alike.

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Sunday Telegraph
Entertaining and informative
Sunday Express
A vibrant panorama of the different wine-producing regions and how they responded to the challenge
Evening Standard
A sprightly and amusing book, full of spicy anecdotes