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    The Collaborators

    By Reginald Hill

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    From the bestselling author of the Dalziel and Pascoe series, a superb novel of wartime passion, loyalty – and betrayal

    Paris, 1945. In the aftermath of the French liberation, Janine Simonian stands accused of passing secret information to the Nazis.

    She is dragged from her cell before jeering crowds, to face a jury of former Resistance members who are out for her blood. Standing bravely in court, Janine pleads guilty to all charges.

    Why did Janine betray, not just her country, but her own husband? Why did so many French men and women collaborate with the Nazis, while others gave their lives in resistance?

    What follows is a story of conscience and sacrifice that portrays the impossible choice between personal and national loyalty during the Nazi occupation.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateSep 4, 2008
    ISBN9780007290079
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    The Collaborators
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    Reginald Hill

    Reginald Hill is a native of Cumbria and former resident of Yorkshire, the setting for his novels featuring Superintendent Dalziel and DCI Pascoe, ‘the best detective duo on the scene bar none’ (‘Daily Telegraph’). Their appearances have won him numerous awards including a CWA Gold Dagger and Lifetime Achievement award. They have also been adapted into a hugely popular BBC TV series.

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    • 4/5
      Janine Simonian represents France: patriotic, but caught up almost accidentelly in collaboration with the occupying Germans. This book shows the moral ambiguity and the desperate choices made by people under occupation.
    • 3/5
      my least favourite of Reginald Hill's books - well written, and makes several good points -but wouldn't have been my choice of subject matter if not written by Hill.
    • 4/5
      While the plot is somewhat gentler and less focused than that of your average Dalziel & Pascoe novel, I found this only a little less compelling. I simply enjoy Reginald Hill's writing and the humanity of his characters. And there is a mystery, which I didn't even notice was there until the end!
    • 2/5
      Hard one to sum up. Probably my least favourite Reginald Hill book. It's a reissue of a twenty year old not-exactly-a-mystery, set in occupied Paris during 1940-1945. Quite different from his usual stuff.It wasn't the different-from-usual that put me off - the story just got off to a really slow start, seemed to be populated with indistinct characters and din't engage me at all. I kept going hoping it would get better, and it did. Occassionally it felt like a really good book, but mostly I found it mediocre.
    • 4/5
      Janine Simonian represents France: patriotic, but caught up almost accidentelly in collaboration with the occupying Germans. This book shows the moral ambiguity and the desperate choices made by people under occupation.