Marnham, Patrick

Jean Moulin was a French Resistance hero of World War II. Eventually his whereabouts were betrayed to the Nazis and he was tortured by Klaus Barbie, the infamous "butcher." But who was the enigmatic Moulin really? His story is full of unanswered questions and is far more complicated than is generally known.

In 1858 a young girl, Bernadette Soubirous, experienced a series of visions of the Virgin Mary in a small town in the French Pyrenees. Today, with some 4 million visitors a year (more than go to Mecca), Lourdes has become the most popular pilgrimage site in the world.