The Secret Life of France

by Lucy Wadham

  Vichy regime, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

  Vie Moderne, La (Modern Life) (documentary film), 1

  ‘Vigipirate Plan’, 1

  Villemin, Christine, 1, 2

  Villemin, Gregory, 1

  Villepin, Dominique de, 1, 2, 3

  Voici (magazine), 1

  Wannsee Conference (1942), 1

  war on terror, 1

  Warlimont, General Walter, 1

  wealth, attitude to, 1

  weddings, 1, 2

  Wehrmacht, 1, 2, 3

  Wiesel, Elie, 1

  Willerval, Jean, 1

  Wilson, President Woodrow, 1, 2; ‘fourteen points’, 1

  WMD (weapons of mass destruction), 1n

  women: femininity, 1, 2; la femme fatale, 1, 2;

  and their gynaecologists, 1;

  lack of female friendships, 1, 2, 3;

  lack of gender segregation, 1;

  libido, 1;

  as mysterious and fascinating creatures, 1;

  and patriarchy, 1, 2;

  privileges, 1;

  property, 1;

  sexual competition, 1, 2

  work, attitude to, 1, 2

  World Cup: 1998, 1, 2; 2006, 1

  World Health Organisation, 1

  World Trade Center attacks, New York (2001), 1

  Wright, Kenneth, 1

  Yakuza (Japanese Mafia), 1

  ‘Yoghurt’, 1, 2, 3

  Zidane, Zinédine, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Zitouni, ‘Emir’ Djamel, 1, 2

  About the Author

  Lucy Wadham was born in London and educated at Oxford. She has lived in France for more than twenty years. Her first novel, Lost, was shortlisted for the Macallan Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger for Fiction. She is also the author of Castro’s Dream and Greater Love.

  By the Same Author

  LOST

  CASTRO’S DREAM

  GREATER LOVE

  Copyright

  First published in 2009

  by Faber and Faber Ltd

  Bloomsbury House

  74–77 Great Russell Street

  London WC1B 3DA

  This ebook edition first published in 2009

  All rights reserved

  © Lucy Wadham, 2009

  The right of Lucy Wadham to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

  A version of ‘The End of the Secret Garden’ (Chapter 12) appeared in Prospect Magazine in its online edition of December 2007

  This ebook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Any unauthorised distribution or use of this text may be a direct infringement of the author’s and publisher’s rights, and those responsible may be liable in law accordingly

  ISBN 978–0–571–25225–1 [epub edition]