The Test of Courage: (A Biography of) Michel Thomas (69 page)

Christopher Robbins is the author of six non-fiction books:
The Test of Courage
is the biography of Michel Thomas, concentration camp survivor, French Resistance fighter, and Nazi hunter;
The Empress of Ireland
is a memoir of his friendship with the Irish film director Brian Desmond Hurst, and won the Saga Award for Wit; the travelogue,
In Search of Kazakhstan
, was short-listed for the Author’s Club Travel Award in the UK, and the Geographica award in the US.

The Ravens
, a companion to
Air America
, charts the history of the men who flew in the secret air war in Laos.

Christopher Robbins lives in London and France.

Table of Contents

Prologue

I - ‘Everything seems hopeless: what are we to do?’

II - The security of love

III - Exile

IV - The French Dachau

V - Fighting back

VI - Liberation

VII - Aftermath

VIII - Disconnected

IX - Success

X - Never-ending war

Afterword

Postscript by Michel Thomas

Acknowledgements

End notes

Bibliography

Copyright

About the author