Used book – The Blue Bicycle, Volume 6: The Last Hill, 1950-1954, Régine Deforges

Back from Indochina in 1949, Léa and François Tavernier only wish to lead a peaceful life in their beautiful Bordeaux property. However, General de Lattre quickly calls upon François, disturbing their peace: he wants to entrust him with a secret mission to conduct with the Viet Minh, in the hope of averting the impending military disaster.

The husband and wife and lovers will get lost, find each other again, and then get lost once more... From Saigon - a city of all pleasures and intrigues - to Hanoi, passing through the rice paddies turned into minefields, the disorder of passions will everywhere contend with the violence of combat. And, in the jungle, death lurks at every step; passion too, embodied in the person of Kien, the handsome mixed-race man who has fallen in love with Léa...

Beset by all dangers, swept away by the turmoil of a conflict as cruel as it is pointless, will Léa and François save their love? And it is amidst the tragic and fascinating settings of a war evoked with a striking truthfulness that the author of La Bicyclette bleue will keep her heroes, as well as her reader, breathless until the very last moments!

The unforgettable saga inaugurated by La Bicyclette bleue includes the following titles: 1. La Bicyclette bleue - 2. 101, avenue Henri-Martin - 3. Le Diable en rit encore - 4. Noir Tango - 5. Rue de la Soie - 6. La Dernière Colline - 7. Cuba libre !