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I Came Out of France
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Pub Date
1 Jul 2026
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22 Jul 2026
Description
In June 1940, Welsh writer and journalist Cecily Mackworth joined two million people flooding out of Paris before the imminent arrival of the Nazis. I Came Out of France, first published in 1941 and famously admired by T. S. Eliot for its harrowing realism, chronicles her month-long escape through France; from surviving bombing raids to running improvised medical clinics where soldiers performed surgery on themselves — always in danger, always just one step ahead of the Germans.
Told in her characteristically clear, unsparing prose, it is a gripping eyewitness account of a nation in free-fall.
In June 1940, Welsh writer and journalist Cecily Mackworth joined two million people flooding out of Paris before the imminent arrival of the Nazis. I Came Out of France, first published in 1941 and...
Description
In June 1940, Welsh writer and journalist Cecily Mackworth joined two million people flooding out of Paris before the imminent arrival of the Nazis. I Came Out of France, first published in 1941 and famously admired by T. S. Eliot for its harrowing realism, chronicles her month-long escape through France; from surviving bombing raids to running improvised medical clinics where soldiers performed surgery on themselves — always in danger, always just one step ahead of the Germans.
Told in her characteristically clear, unsparing prose, it is a gripping eyewitness account of a nation in free-fall.
A Note From the Publisher
This is a republishing of Cecily Mackworth's important chronicle of the capitulation of France during WWII, as experienced by the general population.
It is being published by arrangement with Routledge, a member of the Taylor & Francis Group, and with permission of the author's heirs and estate.
This is a republishing of Cecily Mackworth's important chronicle of the capitulation of France during WWII, as experienced by the general population.
It is being published by arrangement with...
A Note From the Publisher
This is a republishing of Cecily Mackworth's important chronicle of the capitulation of France during WWII, as experienced by the general population.
It is being published by arrangement with Routledge, a member of the Taylor & Francis Group, and with permission of the author's heirs and estate.
Advance Praise
“Reading I Came Out of France by Cecily Mackworth: story of a young woman’s escape last year when France capitulated. Written quietly, easily, it gives a vivid picture of the fantastic horrors the refugees went through. One can hardly believe it. People swarming from the north, from the south, over-running country towns and villages; no food, no medical attention, no petrol; wild rumours, contradictory orders; suspicion, mistrust, hunger, illness, death; civilians machine-gunned, press and radio under German control. One feels one had no business to be sleeping comfortably and eating well when the French nation was suffering so much.”
- Jean Lucey Pratt’s diary entry - Monday, 18 August 1941
A Notable Woman: The Romantic Journals of Jean Lucey Pratt
Jean Lucey Pratt
edited by: Simon Garfield
published by: Canongate Books (2015)
“Reading I Came Out of France by Cecily Mackworth: story of a young woman’s escape last year when France capitulated. Written quietly, easily, it gives a vivid picture of the fantastic horrors the...
Advance Praise
“Reading I Came Out of France by Cecily Mackworth: story of a young woman’s escape last year when France capitulated. Written quietly, easily, it gives a vivid picture of the fantastic horrors the refugees went through. One can hardly believe it. People swarming from the north, from the south, over-running country towns and villages; no food, no medical attention, no petrol; wild rumours, contradictory orders; suspicion, mistrust, hunger, illness, death; civilians machine-gunned, press and radio under German control. One feels one had no business to be sleeping comfortably and eating well when the French nation was suffering so much.”
- Jean Lucey Pratt’s diary entry - Monday, 18 August 1941
A Notable Woman: The Romantic Journals of Jean Lucey Pratt
Jean Lucey Pratt
edited by: Simon Garfield
published by: Canongate Books (2015)
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Available Editions
| EDITION |
Ebook |
| ISBN |
9781966426066 |
| PRICE |
$7.99 (USD)
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