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Fall from Grace Larry Collins Books

This book is almost a Roman a clef. There are a couple of key changes that an SOE buff like myself would spot. But they just make for a better story. I've been bitten by the SOE bug and have recently read several good books on the subject, especially pertaining to SOE(F) section. Larry Collins has told a great story. He uses enough tradecraft, telling details, and real events to good effect. He get his research and story telling just right. In the past I've found most historical novels as not worth the effort. Why read some novelist's pale effort to cash in on real red-blooded history. The writer usually can't deliver the goods. This novel is an exception to that rule.


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Fall from Grace Larry Collins Books Reviews

If you like WW2 novels, Larry Collins' FALL FROM GRACE is a book to check out. Collins wrote the book in the 1980s, and died recently, but he has a long record of published best sellers about historical events. In this novel, he explores the incredible events surrounding D-Day in WW2 and the amazing efforts the allies took to conceal the invasion date and location from the Germans.

The novel is centered around Catherine Pradier, who the British send into Nazi occupied France during the days leading up to the Normandy invasion. The British want to use her. The Gestapo want to find her. The American wants to help her. Catherine is a great character as is her lover Paul, a French Resistance member responsible for running spies in and out of France at remote landng strips. Stromburg is great as the brutal Gestapo agent who thinks he has everyone fooled. But the best part is the historical context of the espionage that traded hands and changed the course of history.

WWII novels are great because they are about a romantic time, about a period where there was a clear cut right and wrong. Collin's writing is detailed, and at times jumbled as he switches character viewpoints almost every other paragraph. Still, it was easy to follow and a fascinating historical read. Another novel I'd recommend on the subject is Daniel Silva's THE UNLIKELY SPY, or several Ken Follett novels, including THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE.
OK book.
I was led to purchase this book when I did a web search for "Oradour" (the town, not the book). The book had nothing to do with the Oradour massacre. It did elaborate on the extent that the Allies went to convince the Germans that the Normandy invasion was a diversion from the 'real' invasion that was to occur at Calais. Not bad, but not Hemingway.
This was written when Collins was in his prime and one of his best books! I highly recommend it to anyone who loves a story with a historic foundation.
Take a true thriller of a historical plot and put it in the hands of a talented novelist and the end result is fanatastic,
A fascinalting, intriguing and compelling read.
Awesome!
Larry Collins excels in his re-creation of Operation Fortitude, the plan to deceive Hitler as to the true invasion site of D-Day. What wondrous webs of deceit, betrayal, love and commitment are woven by this talented author. Fast paced, historical fiction at its best. The heroine, based on true profiles of French women of the Resistance, is unforgetable, haunting. Cannot recommend this more highly. Educational, thrilling, humbling. Another achievement for the author of "Is Paris Burning", the true story of the German General von Stoltitz who refused to follow Hitler's orders to annihilate Paris as the Allies drew close. Bravo!
This book is almost a Roman a clef. There are a couple of key changes that an SOE buff like myself would spot. But they just make for a better story. I've been bitten by the SOE bug and have recently read several good books on the subject, especially pertaining to SOE(F) section. Larry Collins has told a great story. He uses enough tradecraft, telling details, and real events to good effect. He get his research and story telling just right. In the past I've found most historical novels as not worth the effort. Why read some novelist's pale effort to cash in on real red-blooded history. The writer usually can't deliver the goods. This novel is an exception to that rule.