This book is a great description of France during the second world war. But it isn't only fiction. Indeed, except what happens to the main characters, everything is true. The resistance, the location, many people did exist... It is a very good lesson of history. But not only, there is also a wonderful love story, a few erotic scenes, a lot of humor... I really hope many people would read this book (and the 6 following ones not yet existing in English version). It lets you understand better what to be French is.