The main character is Lucien Bernard who is of course the Paris Architect! He is not a likable guy. He is married but is a lot more interested in his mistress Adèle, a dress designer who hangs out with a lot of Nazis. That doesn't bother Lucien - he only cares about architecture. He is thrilled when he is offered a contract to design some factories for the Germans - factories that will be used against his country. His wife is angry and scared of what will become of them because her husband is a collaborator. The Germans don't pay well but that is not a problem when Lucien is approached to do a special project for a wealthy man named Manet. He wants Lucien to design a fool-proof hiding place for a Jewish man. Lucien does it for the money - not to help another human being. As he gets deeper into helping Manet he begins to change his focus.
Although this is a book of fiction it of course reflects those true stories of people who did extraordinary things for people they didn't even know - it was just the right thing to do.
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