CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Prologue: Les Parisiennes

PART ONE: WAR

1 1939: Paris on the Edge

2 1940: Paris Abandoned

3 1941: Paris Divided

4 1942: Paris Ravaged

5 1943: Paris Trembles

6 1944 (January–June): Paris Awaits

PART TWO: LIBERATION

7 1944 (June–December): Paris Shorn

8 1945: Paris Returns

9 1946: Paris Adjusts

PART THREE: RECONSTRUCTION

10 1947: Paris Looks Newish

11 1948–1949: Paris Americanized

Epilogue: Peacetime Paris

Notes

Bibliography

Cast

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Also by Anne Sebba

About the Author

Index

Copyright