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Marc Bloch: A Life in History

by Carole Fink · 1989

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The first biography of Marc Bloch (1886-1944), historian, soldier, and French Resistance martyr, is based on the private letters and diaries of the French-Jewish patriot as well as other unpublished documents.

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FranceFranceMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 394 pages

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