Pied Piper (novel)

Pied Piper (Crusade of love, also under other titles known as: ' Led ' and ' children came to him ') is a book by the British/Australian writer Nevil Shute from 1942. It recounts how an older Englishman in France by the second world war, raided and willy-nilly a group of children in security brings to England. The title is a reference to the Pied Piper of Hamelin (The Pied Piper of Hamelin). Just like the Pied Piper Howard leads a group of children, but unlike the Pied Piper leads them to safety. Later, during the battle of Britain, the main character Howard with an acquaintance for a bombardment shelter, and then tells the story-to kill time-to that knowledge. ==The story[ Edit] == Howard, an older Englishman, go every year with fishing holiday to the French Jura. Despite the outbreak of war he leaves this year, 1940, to the Jura. Politics and the war does not interest him.

During his stay break the Germans in Northern France. The situation is becoming grimmer. The allies are cornered, Paris is under threat, and there is a chance that the Italians in the fight go mixing. Howard sees itself forced to shorten his stay so he can go back to England while you still can. A couple residing in the hotel, the Cavenaghs, ask him if he wants to take their children. Mr. Cavenagh works at the League of Nations in Geneva, and is afraid that the Germans will invade Switzerland . He believes his children Ronnie and Sheila are safer with relatives in England.

Howard goes after much resistance agreement: he was with holiday and should really have nothing of children. Howard reached by Dijon, but Sheila children sick and he sees himself forced to take a hotel . After a few days is Sheila again better, but asks the Chambermaid or want to bring her little daughter Rose marie Howard. Howard agrees because the older girl on the smaller Ronnie and Sheila can fit and so sweet with she plays. Howard tries to get a faster means of transport, but all cars have progressed and they should therefore be in a crowded train in the murderous heat slow travel. The train stops at a certain point, after which the group bus. Like also those in an air raid damaged they should continue walking. The Germans now prepare for their attack on Paris, and the roads are full of refugees. Between those refugees they see a traumatized little boy without parents, Pierre. Because no one cares about him, they take him.

The group draws under Paris by direction Chartres. Along the way they get a lift from two English soldiers in their truck. The truck hits without gasoline in a village of the town of Howard, and goes in to see if there is petrol and that there are no Germans are. He finds gasoline nor Germans, but a Dutch boy that is about to be stoned by the frightened angry residents who think he is a German spy. Howard takes the boy, William, with it. The soldiers say goodbye and blow their truck on. In the already occupied Angerville let Howard Willem take care and washing.

Howard met the family In Chartres Rougeron, whose daughter, Nicole, had had a relationship with Howards died son John. Nicole insists Howard and to help the children and know through a friend of her father's contact with a fisherman who want to transfer them because he himself is in England at De Gaulle want to connect to. To this aid is now a condition, namely that Howard a Polish-Jewish boy, Marjan, to England.Because they are now in occupied territory are Howard does occur if the deaf-mute father of Nicole, and Ronnie and Sheila no English more public speaking.

The group reaches the coast, where they fall through the basket because Sheila speaks English anyway. Howard, Nicole, the children and the fisherman imprisoned by the Gestapo . Although the German Gestapo officer Nicole and Howard major Diessen telling the truth, he believes them not initially. According to Diessen is a spy and Howard are Nicole and the children are coverup, and he works together with Charenton, another man who because of espionage is busted. Diessen is trying to put pressure on Howard to ' confess that he knows his eyes ', by Charenton Charenton to executed for. Howard can tell nothing with which he Diessen life of the man can save and should ensure that powerless.

Howard is shocked and furious about this action, but Diessen pulls out the conclusion that the execution of Charenton Howards story yet best ever since can be. Diessen offers to Howard to England to let go, on the condition that he takes Anna, the daughter of his died brother so that she can live with her uncle in America. Nicole should remain as hostage to the Gestapo to Anna safe with her uncle is. Howard agrees but in turn threatens to make the story as Diessen Nicole bad treats. Diessen is Livid but leave the visser, Howard, and the children and his niece Anna go anyway. Dead tired and halfverhongerd the group in England. ==Film Adaptation[ Edit] == The story is made into a film in 1942 and in 1990 under the title ' The Pied Piper '.