Conspiracy of Lies, Kathryn Gauci
Conspiracy of Lies, Kathryn Gauci
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Conspiracy of Lies

Author: Kathryn Gauci

Narrator: Gabrielle de Cuir

Unabridged: 13 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/06/2022

Synopsis

A powerful account of one woman’s struggle to balance her duty to her country and a love she knows will ultimately end in tragedy1940. With the Germans about to enter Paris, Claire Bouchard flees France for England. Two years later she is recruited by the Special Operations Executive and sent back into occupied France to work alongside the Resistance. Working undercover as a teacher in Brittany, Claire accidentally befriends the wife of the German Commandant of Rennes, and the blossoming friendship is about to become a dangerous mission.Knowing that thousands of lives depended on her actions, Claire begins a double life as a Gestapo Commandant’s mistress in order to retrieve vital information for the Allied Invasion of France, but ghosts from her past make the deception more painful than she could have imagined.Part historical, part romance, and part thriller, Conspiracy of Lies takes us on a journey through occupied France, from the picturesque villages of rural Brittany to the glittering dinner parties of the Nazi Elite, in a story of courage, heartbreak, and secrecy.

About Kathryn Gauci

Kathryn Gauci was born in Leicestershire, England, and studied textile design at Loughborough College of Art and later at Kidderminster College of Art and Design. Before turning to writing full-time, Kathryn ran her own textile design studio in Melbourne for over fifteen years. The Embroiderer is her first novel, a culmination of years of design and travel, and especially of the glorious years in her youth living and working in Greece.

About Gabrielle de Cuir

Gabrielle de Cuir, award-winning narrator, has narrated over three hundred titles and specializes in fantasy, humor, and titles requiring extensive foreign language and accent skills. She was a cowinner of the Audie Award for best narration in 2011 and a three-time finalist for the Audie and has garnered six AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her “velvet touch” as an actor’s director has earned her a special place in the audiobook world as the foremost producer for bestselling authors and celebrities.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ellie on September 27, 2019

My heart! What a fabulous story! I’m usually not a fan of dual timelines but here I feel it worked perfectly; as a matter of fact, I feel that the present parts of the narration were necessary to understand the past and to tie up all the ends neatly, which it did. Claire is a wonderful central heroi......more

Goodreads review by Suzi on August 03, 2017

I often finish a book of modern fiction feeling it was a good read but I rarely feel a book is outstanding. After a gentle beginning this book really develops and I put it into the same class as Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides and it deserves to be as well read. In the summer of 1943 on a stormy nigh......more

Goodreads review by Vanessa on October 11, 2017

This is one of the best WWII novels I have read in a long time. The author has clearly done her research and the depiction of both everyday life in Occupied France and the Resistance are credible. The main character, Claire Bouchard, who has terrible choices to make, is totally believable and I foun......more

Goodreads review by gj on February 27, 2018

We are proud to announce that CONSPIRACY OF LIES by Kathryn Gauci is a B.R.A.G.Medallion Honoree. This tells readers that this book is well worth their time and money!......more

Goodreads review by Gaye on September 17, 2019

This is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. And I read constantly. WW2, the French Resistance and a love affair for life with an unlikely person. I thought it started out a bit trite but quickly became fascinating and exciting. I couldn’t recommend it more.......more

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