Once upon a time in France /
Nury, Fabien,
Once upon a time in France / written by Fabien Nury ; drawn by Sylvain Vallée ; translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger. - 359 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Although this history is inspired by real events, it is nonetheless fiction: authentic incidents, suppositions, and pure invention are freely mixed. The historical characters exist alongside composite beings and others who are entirely imaginary; their appearances, behaviors, and expressions are made by the authors.
Colors by Delf ; lettered by Haley Rose-Lyon. Colors by Delf ; lettered by Haley Rose-Lyon.
"Based on the true story of Joseph Joanovici, a Romanian Jew who immigrated to France in the 1920s and became one of the richest men in Europe as a scrap-metal magnate. During the Second World War he becomes a Nazi collaborator and war profiteer who provides the Nazi regime with the metals it needs, but secretly he uses his wealth and influence to finance the French Resistance and free fellow Jews from Nazi hands. Due to his tactics he was one of the three Jews who were denied Israeli citizenship"--
9781682474716 1682474712
2019017380
Joinovici, Joseph, 1905-1965 --Comic books, strips, etc.
World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--France--Comic books, strips, etc.
Capitalists and financiers--France--Comic books, strips, etc.
France--Comic books, strips, etc.
Historical comics.
Graphic novels.
Fiction.
Once upon a time in France / written by Fabien Nury ; drawn by Sylvain Vallée ; translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger. - 359 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Although this history is inspired by real events, it is nonetheless fiction: authentic incidents, suppositions, and pure invention are freely mixed. The historical characters exist alongside composite beings and others who are entirely imaginary; their appearances, behaviors, and expressions are made by the authors.
Colors by Delf ; lettered by Haley Rose-Lyon. Colors by Delf ; lettered by Haley Rose-Lyon.
"Based on the true story of Joseph Joanovici, a Romanian Jew who immigrated to France in the 1920s and became one of the richest men in Europe as a scrap-metal magnate. During the Second World War he becomes a Nazi collaborator and war profiteer who provides the Nazi regime with the metals it needs, but secretly he uses his wealth and influence to finance the French Resistance and free fellow Jews from Nazi hands. Due to his tactics he was one of the three Jews who were denied Israeli citizenship"--
9781682474716 1682474712
2019017380
Joinovici, Joseph, 1905-1965 --Comic books, strips, etc.
World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--France--Comic books, strips, etc.
Capitalists and financiers--France--Comic books, strips, etc.
France--Comic books, strips, etc.
Historical comics.
Graphic novels.
Fiction.