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Patrick Marnham

Patrick Marnham  is an English writer, journalist and biographer. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society Literature in 1988. He is primarily known for his travel writing and for his biographies, where he has covered subjects as diverse as Diego Rivera, Georges Simenon, Jean Moulin and Mary Wesley.

ARTICLES HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN ….

War in the Shadows

Resistance, Deception and Betrayal in Occupied France

Published 2020

Oneworld

Army of the Night

The Life and Death of Jean Moulin – Legend of the French Resistance

Published 2000

Bloomsbury / Tauris Parke

Snake Dance

Journeys Beneath a Nuclear Sky

Published 2013

Chatto / Vintage

Wild Mary

A Life of Mary Wesley

Published 2006

Chatto Vintage

 ‘It’s a fascinating book, a lovely evocation of the provincial France of my youth…. The betrayal of PROSPER is a horrible story and you tell it very well.’  

‘A gripping account of the last days of the Resistance hero tortured to death… A brilliant mix of political thriller and wartime history.’ 

‘There are moments of dazzling brilliance… It has the qualities of a poem or a film.’

Unpicks the complicated web of deceits and half-truths that surrounded much of her life with wit, patience and skill, providing just the sort of compelling read that Wesley did in her novels.