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Beau Béte
- The True Life Wartime Love Story of a Beautiful French Maequis Resistance Fighter and a British Marine Commando
- Narrated by: Julian Pearson
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: History, Military
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