A Hero Of France by Alan Furst takes place in Occupied Paris, and by extension, Occupied France. In 1941, Mathieu is the head of a Resistance cell operating in Paris and elsewhere in France. Mathieu and his collaborators rescue fallen RAF pilots and help them escape to Spain or back to England. Mathieu is joined by Chantal; Lisette, a 17 year-old student and courier; Daniel, a Jewish teacher driven by revenge; Max de Lyon, a Parisian nightclub owner, and AnneMarie, an aristocrat whose family's French roots run deep. On the edge of the Resistance cell is Joelle, Mathieu's neighbor who falls in love with him.
As the war progresses, the German military police step up their efforts to infiltrate Resistance cells and capture those involved. Mathieu and the members of his Resistance cell are threatened by a traitor.
Based on fact, A Hero of France is a work of historical fiction.
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