Publisher's Synopsis
Jocelyn is the guardian of the Saint-Malo Library, an orphan woman who clings to literature and her husband Antoine. But both are in danger: the arrival of German troops in the city, especially that of Commander Adolf Bauman, determined to steal some of the incunabula that the librarian so jealously guards, wants to end their happiness.Captain Hermann von Choltitz, a lover of books, is sent by the German authorities to purge the libraries in the region, but refuses to destroy them. Jocelyn and Hermann begin an impossible friendship: books unite them, but violence and war separate them.Destined to be enemies and forced to live in a world in which madness has been unleashed, the unforgettable protagonists of this beautiful and exciting story will become heroes whose love will defeat even war.
