![]() ![]() The reader learns that the German soldiers are ruthless but polite, Lucien has little or no concern for the fate of the Jews, Lucien cares more about his clothes than the dead man, and he cares more about presenting a calm confident air to Manet. The Paris Architect, teaches the reader in the first pages of the book. The reader doesn’t know what branch of service the German officer serves only that his uniform is green and black. Lucien is so close that the blood spatter from the shot gets on Lucien’s only good suit. In the opening scene of the book a German Officer shoots a Jew on the streets of Paris. Manet is building munitions factories and plants for the Reich. ![]() Lucien is on his way to interview for a position with a wealthy industrialist Auguste Manet. The main character, Lucien Bernard, is an architect in desperate need of work. The Paris Architect, by Charles Belfoure is set at the time of World War II in occupied Paris. ![]()
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