{"id":46969,"date":"2018-06-15T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=46969"},"modified":"2018-06-13T15:37:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T21:37:54","slug":"deputy-editor-at-espn-the-magazine-paul-kix-will-sign-his-book-the-saboteur-at-square-books-on-friday-june-22-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/deputy-editor-at-espn-the-magazine-paul-kix-will-sign-his-book-the-saboteur-at-square-books-on-friday-june-22-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Editor at ESPN the Magazine, Paul Kix Will Sign His Book “The Saboteur” at Square Books on Friday, June 22, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the tradition of Agent Zigzag comes this breathtaking biography, as\u00a0<\/span>fast-paced and emotionally intuitive as the very best spy thrillers, which\u00a0<\/span>illuminates an unsung hero of the French Resistance during World War\u00a0<\/span>II\u2014Robert de La Rochefoucauld, an aristocrat turned anti-Nazi\u00a0<\/span>saboteur\u2014and his daring exploits as a r\u00e9sistant trained by Britain\u2019s Special\u00a0<\/span>Operations Executive.<\/span><\/p>\n

A scion of one of the most storied families in France, Robert de La\u00a0<\/span>Rochefoucauld was raised in a magnificent chateau and educated in\u00a0<\/span>Europe\u2019s finest schools. When the Nazis invaded and imprisoned his father,\u00a0<\/span>La Rochefoucauld escaped to England and learned the dark arts of anarchy\u00a0<\/span>and combat\u2014cracking safes and planting bombs and killing with his bare hands\u2014from a\u00a0<\/span>collection of British spies, beloved by Winston Churchill, who altered the war in Europe with\u00a0<\/span>their covert tactics. With his newfound skills, La Rochefoucauld returned to France and\u00a0<\/span>organized Resistance cells, blew up fortified compounds and munitions factories, interfered with\u00a0<\/span>Germany\u2019s wartime missions, and executed Nazi officers. Caught by the Germans, La\u00a0<\/span>Rochefoucauld withstood months of torture and escaped his own death sentence, not once but\u00a0<\/span>twice.\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Saboteur recounts La Rochefoucauld\u2019s enthralling adventures, from jumping from a moving\u00a0<\/span>truck on his way to his execution to stealing Nazi limos to dressing up in a nun\u2019s habit\u2014one of\u00a0<\/span>his many disguises and impersonations. Whatever the mission, whatever the dire circumstance,\u00a0<\/span>La Rochefoucauld acquitted himself nobly, with the straight-back aplomb of a man of\u00a0<\/span>aristocratic breeding: James Bond before Ian Fleming conjured him.<\/span><\/p>\n

More than just a fast-paced, real life thriller, The Saboteur is also a deep dive into an endlessly\u00a0<\/span>fascinating historical moment, revealing the previously untold story of a network of commandos\u00a0<\/span>who battled evil, bravely worked to change the course of history, and helped inspire the creation\u00a0<\/span>of America\u2019s own Central Intelligence Agency.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cChilling and powerful . . . La Rochefoucauld faced torture and death, yet he carried on. There is\u00a0<\/span>inspiration in his example, and that makes The Saboteur<\/em> well worth reading.\u201d \u2014 New York\u00a0<\/em><\/span>Times<\/em> Book Review<\/span><\/p>\n

Paul Kix<\/strong> is a deputy editor at ESPN the Magazine<\/em>. His work has appeared in the New Yorker,\u00a0<\/em><\/span>GQ, New York, Men\u2019s Journal,<\/em> and the Wall Street Journal<\/em>, among others. He lives in\u00a0<\/span>Connecticut with his wife and children.\u00a0\"The<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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