A FORTUNATE LIFE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PADDY ASHDOWN

THE CRUEL VICTORY

As the Allied troops stormed the D-Day beaches, the Vercors rose up to fight in a planned rearguard action. It was to prove not only the largest Resistance action of the war but also the most brutal crushing of resistance forces in Western Europe. The tragedy placed the Vercors deep into the history of modern France which resonates still in the country’s daily life and politics.

GAME OF SPIES

The story of a lethal spy triangle with three men at its centre – a ruthless British secret agent, a Gestapo counter-espionage officer and a French Resistance leader. From 1942 until 1944 these three enemies were drawn into a cat and mouse 'game' of espionage and counter espionage in occupied France.