Geoffrey Bocca (1923–1983)

This is a remarkable book. It's well written, and the story told is a fascinating one of a young woman who is parachuted into France near the end of WWII to help the Resistance. It mostly concerns her conflicting emotions as she comes to terms with her sexuality, and particularly its response to the sadistic whims of her captors. Her husband, engaged elsewhere in the war, features prominently in her emotions, as do a few of her antagonists. All-in-all the book comes into the category of show more erotic punishment, and at the extreme end of that genre, but it deals with its subject surprisingly sensitively. show less

A short history of the illustrious corps who handed out violent colonialism all over France's empire. The book tends to the sensational, but gets the names and dates right.

And so we come to the end of Amanda's espionage filled adventures with one last exploit in post WWII Berlin, newly divided and full of double agents, perverted twins, and familiar faces, especially from the second book in the series, Resort to War.

I'm going to miss reading these, as I've thoroughly enjoyed hunting them down and reading them in order over the past several years. Highly recommended for fans of old school smut with quite a bit of espionage thrown in for good measure. Here's to show more you Mr. Bocca, for keeping me entertained and reading with a smile on my face. show less

Commander Amanda is back in this, her third adventure. After being shot down behind enemy lines during the last weeks of the war, she ends up in a castle with a surreal mix of pow's, including a Russian general and a faded French film star. Let the sexual shenanigans begin!

Revelli, always imminently readable, keeps this one short and sweet at 200 pages, keeping more in line with the first book in the series, and avoiding the convoluted spy plotting of the second. Highly recommended to show more 70's/80's smutty paperback collectors! show less