'Desprairies’ prose is precise to the point of scathing, but it makes no attempt to preach to or manipulate its readers... Fascinating' @marieclaire.com.web.brid.gy

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'Devastatingly effective' @thetimes.com

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My mother’s war An extract from Vichy France historian Cécile Desprairies’ novel The Propagandist, drawing on her family’s sympathies and collaboration with the Nazi occupiers.

"No, she had no regrets. On the contrary. If all the French had been on the right side, Germany would have won the war."
Read an extract from Cécile Desprairies' unflinching debut novel #ThePropagandist Out now from @swiftpress.bsky.social translated by Natasha Lehrer
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The Propagandist — Cécile Desprairies’ novel explores her family’s wartime shame The celebrated historian of Vichy France recalls her closest relatives’ collaboration with the Nazis in a harrowing but elegant fictional debut

'Longlisted, with good reason, for France’s most prestigious literary prize—now beautifully translated into English by
Natasha Lehrer #ThePropagandist is a harrowing but elegantly constructed rot-riddled family romance' @financialtimes.com

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'A wonderful contribution to Second World War fiction ... Reads like the best sort of memoir, the writing light and subtle, the tone cool and amused' @litreview.bsky.social

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Pro-Nazi parents, anti-Jew hatred – this French story is astounding The Propagandist, a debut novel by historian Cécile Desprairies, blends her family’s history with fiction to forge a haunting tale of guilt

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'Astounding ... A haunting tale of guilt' @telegraphnews.bsky.social

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