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The Rebel LegionnaireThe Rebel Legionnaire



John Hefford

  • Mystery/Thriller
  • Action/Adventure/Spy

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Why I wrote this book

A thriller and love story set in Paris at a time of near civil war, when the underground OAS was fighting the government in order to keep the last part of the French Empire.

Two friends have intermingling destinies: Captain Yves Finegan is a rebel French Foreign Legion Captain. Joe Bennett is a rich American house builder. They met during the war, and meet again in 1959 in Paris, where Joe starts a subsidiary, pioneering American style housing estates, but falling foul of an unscrupulous and cupid Colonel Buretta.

For Captain Finegan, the time has come to rebel once more against the government, to prevent Algerian independence; and he becomes head of the Paris underground activist army-led OAS.

Their stories are told through the eyes of an English quantity surveyor working for Joe, who is also Captain Finegan’s son-in-law. He accompanies them as they search for a common solution to their very different problems. This is factual fiction – a mixture of personally experienced facts, and authentic historical events concerning the French-Algerian drama.

Synopsis

I have written what I call factual fiction, which is gripping fiction made up of authentic historical events and personal experience. Set in Paris at a time of near civil war when the underground OAS was fighting the government it is a pleasant way of learning lesser known history and unknown facts.

About the Author

After the publication of his book The French Building Industry in 1961, John Hefford became the English expert on French construction, and the first chartered surveyor to work in Paris. His unique experiences have enabled him to explain recent French history unknown in Britain, and to compare the French and British national personalities. He lives in Nice with his family.

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Format

Paperback
300 pages pages

Author

John Hefford

Publisher

Matador an imprint of Troubador Publishing

Publication date

30th April 2010

Author's Website

www.factualfiction.co.uk/

ISBN

9781848763005