Villa Air-Bel: World War II, Escape, and a House in Marseille - Softcover

"She's got style."--Philadelphia Inquirer

"A moving and richly detailed account"--Boston Globe

"Her scene-by-scene evocation of life at the house reads like an updated Chekhov comedy laced with horror."--Financial Times

"Sullivan brilliantly interweaves personal histories with terrifying tales"--Sunday Times (London)

"This is a magnificent, complex narrative of courage, folly, and complacency...a beautifully narrated book."--Telegraph

"With tremendous suspense and emotional pull, Sullivan recounts the little-known story of Varian Fry"--Vogue

"[In Villa Air-Bel] stories are told with passion."--The Advocate

"Villa Air-Bel is a most welcome book, a triumph of the human spirit"--Philadelphia Inquirer

"Sullivan has written a book of great detail and complexity, though one that is full of darkness."--Quill & Quire

"a moving tale of great sacrifice in tumultuous times."--Publishers Weekly

Traces a year in the life of Europe's intellectual elite in Nazi-occupied France, discussing how the château Villa Air-Bel was set up by Varian Frey of the Allies' Emergency Rescue Committee to protect leading scientists, artists, and political leaders, in an account that discusses the daring escape of such figures as Max Ernest, André Breton, and Lotte Leonard. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.