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Just finished The Tartan Pimpernel , an autobiography that I picked up when we were in Scotland recently. Donald Caskie was a minister of the Scots Kirk in Paris when the Germans invaded France and Paris itself in 1940. He fled Paris to Marseilles and became a key part of a network of safe houses and escape routes for Allied soldiers and airmen trapped in occupied France. He is credited with aiding in the escape of more than 500 Allied service personnel to flee France.

Later, he was arrested, tried, and sentenced to death, but a German pastor interceded and appealed to Berlin for his life; the appeal was successful. He remained a prisoner for the remainder of the War. Good story.


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I'm on the fourth book of the Terminal List series.
Yeah, I know. I can watch it for free on Prime, and save myself a bunch of time, but I just like books. Maybe I'll watch it after I finish the books.


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