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Word: planchard (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1944-1944
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...more about Joan. The Maid, Simone noted, had not been put to death by the English invaders, but by 15th-Century French quislings. Soon Si mone found herself in the same fix. A haughty Marquis, the town's political boss, kept a collaborationist eye on her. Her Uncle Planchard was furious with her too, because of the gasoline tanks. Simone was arrested and, like Joan, lost her nerve, signed a confession. But when courage returned, Simone repudiated her confession, gallantly went off to Burgundy's most ruthless reformatory for the duration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Latter Day Saint | 7/31/1944 | See Source »

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