Sisley Huddleston
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Sisley Huddleston was a British
journalist
and writer
.
, he was resident in Paris after the war until the 1930s, writing for The Times (London) and the Christian Science Monitor. In his Europe in Zigzags (1929) he supported the Pan-Europe manifesto of Richard Nikolaus Graf Coudenhove-Kalergi
. War Unless (1933) was a "deliberately alarmist" call for revision of the Treaty of Versailles
.
During World War II
he was in Vichy France
, taking French citizenship, and writing in sympathy with the Vichy regime. He interviewed Marshal Philippe Pétain
.
He was imprisoned by the Free French in 1944, as a Vichy collaborator. He wrote a number of works, critical in particular of the Allied handling of the Liberation of France, and of the diplomacy of the politicians.
United Kingdom
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journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
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Life
After editing a British forces newspaper in World War IWorld War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, he was resident in Paris after the war until the 1930s, writing for The Times (London) and the Christian Science Monitor. In his Europe in Zigzags (1929) he supported the Pan-Europe manifesto of Richard Nikolaus Graf Coudenhove-Kalergi
Richard Nikolaus Graf Coudenhove-Kalergi
Richard Nikolaus Eijiro von Coudenhove-Kalergi was an Austrian politician, geopolitician, philosopher and count of Coudenhove-Kalergi...
. War Unless (1933) was a "deliberately alarmist" call for revision of the Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The other Central Powers on the German side of...
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During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
he was in Vichy France
Vichy France
Vichy France, Vichy Regime, or Vichy Government, are common terms used to describe the government of France that collaborated with the Axis powers from July 1940 to August 1944. This government succeeded the Third Republic and preceded the Provisional Government of the French Republic...
, taking French citizenship, and writing in sympathy with the Vichy regime. He interviewed Marshal Philippe Pétain
Philippe Pétain
Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain , generally known as Philippe Pétain or Marshal Pétain , was a French general who reached the distinction of Marshal of France, and was later Chief of State of Vichy France , from 1940 to 1944...
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He was imprisoned by the Free French in 1944, as a Vichy collaborator. He wrote a number of works, critical in particular of the Allied handling of the Liberation of France, and of the diplomacy of the politicians.
Works
- Peace-making at Paris (1919)
- Poincaré, A Biographical Portrait (1924)
- Those Europeans: Studies Of Foreign Faces (1924)
- France and the French (1925)
- France: The France of Today (1927)
- In and About Paris (1927) Illustrated by Hanslip Fletcher
- Mr. Paname: A Paris Fantasia (1927)
- Normandy: Its Charm, Its Curiosities, Its Antiquities, Its History, Its Topography (1928)
- Bohemian Literary and Social Life in Paris: Salons, cafes, studios (1928)
- Articles de Paris: A book of essays (1928)
- Louis XIV in Love & in War (1929)
- Europe in Zigzags: Social, Artistic, Literary, and Political Affairs on the Continent (1929)
- A History of France (1929)
- Between the River and the Hills: Travels through France (1930)
- What's Right with America (1930)
- Back To Montparnasse: Glimpses of Broadway in Bohemia (1931)
- The Captain's Table. A Transatlantic Log (1932)
- War Unless (1933)
- In my time: An observer's record of war and peace (1938)
- Cities and Men by Charles Inman Barnard (1940) editor
- Free France and Britain. the Franco-British Companion (1941) edited by William G. Corp, contributor
- Le Livre de Saint-Pierre. Vie, Mort et Renaissance d'un Village de France (1942)
- Le mythe de la liberté - entretiens en temps de guerre (1943)
- Terreur 1944, témoignage d'un embastillé (1947)
- Avec le Maréchal (1948)
- Mediterranean Blue (19480
- Petain, patriot or traitor? (1951)
- Popular diplomacy and war (1954)
- France: the tragic years, 1939-1947; an eyewitness account of war, occupation, and liberation (1955)
- Elisabeth d'Angleterre, Le mystère d'une reine vierge (1960)