Robert Pike

Robert Pike is a graduate of History and French from the University of Exeter.

Following a career in teaching, Robert wrote his first book, Defying Vichy, after first interviewing former Resistance members as a student. That book led to well-received appearances at The Gloucester History Festival and The Imperial War Museum. In 2021 He will be embarking on a research project on the social history of the rural Resistance in central and southern France.

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His new book, Silent Village, is due for publication in early 2021. This book, about the tragedy at Oradour-sur-Glane, has already been called 'a remarkable social and cultural case-study' by authority in the field Rod Kedward.

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Robert lives in Worcestershire with his wife and two children.