The Statement
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ISBN: 0747524009 / Publisher: Bloomsbury, January 1995
A white Peugot makes its way between the monasteries of Southern France. No one would suspect its driver to be the target of commando hitmen, the Gendarmerie's most wanted man or a public enemy sentenced twice to death for crimes against humanity.
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An innocuous white Peugeot makes its way around the monasteries and abbeys of Southern France. No one would suspect its driver of being the target of commando hit-men, the gendarmerie's most wanted criminal or a public enemy sentenced twice to death in absentia for wartime crimes. For over forty years this fugitive has been sheltered in his own land by both Church and State. But now that he is becoming a cause celebre, and the net is closing in, what other collaborators lurk in high places, dreading exposure?Brian Moore has unearthed the political minefield that is the legacy of post-war France.
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