Here is the Table of Contents of my historical novel “A Broken Life Transformed.”
- Paul Praxis
- Sep 3, 2025
- 1 min read
Updated: Sep 26, 2025

Want to get an idea of the plot of the novel, which covers the decade from 1938 to 1948?
Well, here it is!
Get ready to discover the first chapters of the novel in upcoming posts,
which will make you want to read the novel when it comes out!
Foreword
Part One: The End of Illusions (September 1938 to October 1941)
Chapter 1: A Threatened Victor
Chapter 2: The Return of the Hero
Chapter 3: International Context
Chapter 4: David Sees Rachel Again
Chapter 5: A romance in difficult times
Chapter 6: The danger becomes clear
Chapter 7: The invasion of Luxembourg and anti-Jewish measures
Chapter 8: David considers leaving Luxembourg
Photographs illustrating the novel - European Championship and Luxembourg
Part Two: Respite in the Cévennes (November 1941 to October 1943)
Chapter 9: Saint-Germain-de-Calberte, a welcoming village
Chapter 10: The encounter
Chapter 11: The Musée du Désert
Chapter 12: The spiritual struggle
Chapter 13: Nothing Goes Right
Chapter 14: David and the Fuchs Family Take Refuge in the Hamlet of Flandres
Photographs illustrating the novel - The Cévennes
Part Three: Resistance and the Post-War Period (November 1943 to June 1948)
Chapter 15: The Resistance Organizes
Chapter 16: The Attack on the Hamlet of La Fare
Chapter 17: The Maquis-School of La Picharlerie
Chapter 18: Bir Hakeim Takes Power
Chapter 19: Differences in Strategy
Chapter 21: A Providential Intervention
Chapter 22: A Transformed Life
Chapter 23: The Last Battles of the Cévennes Resistance
Chapter 24: The Statements
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Back cover



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