From Publishers Weekly Spies for the French Resistance during WWII， Jacques and Lotka de Pr‚vaux were awarded seven medals and honors for their efforts， which included providing intelligence that led to the Normandy Invasion. They were executed by the Nazis when their daughter， the author， was an infant. She was raised by a paternal uncle and aunt， and the true identity of her parents was kept from her. Then， in 1966， when Yung-de Pr‚vaux was 23， an elderly man in the BibliothŠque Nationale in Paris saw her writing her name down and blurted out her family history. And what a history: Jacques descended from aristocrats and from a long line of Catholics who counted Joan of Arc's older brother as a forebear. Lotka was a stunning Polish Jew who came to Paris to study fashion and captured Jacques's heart. Even before he'd begun divorce proceedings against his first wife， Jacques was writing Lotka letters brimming with passion. Unfortunately， that's about all the passion readers are likely to find in these pages. A journalist， Yung-de Pr‚vaux tells her parents' story with a surprising professional detachment. (Writing about her christening， she refers to herself as "little Aude de Pr‚vaux.") There are lots of details about the couple's history and spy work and ships (Jacques was a naval officer)， but for a book with "love" and "tempest" in the title， this one is frustratingly devoid of emotion. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information， Inc. From Library Journal Journalist Yung-de Pr vaux， a frequent contributor to French and Swiss publications， lovingly reconstructs the lives of her parents， forgotten French Resistance heroes Jacques and Lotka de Pr vaux. Because their executions occurred while she was still an infant， she never learned the true story of her origin until a chance encounter when she was 23 and a student in Paris. Determined to rescue them from oblivion and satisfy her own quest for self-knowledge， she spent years investigating their lives. Jacques， a French naval officer， scandalized his family by divorcing his wife of many years and marrying a Polish-Jewish emigrant 20 years his junior. The spirited， beautiful Lotka， a model， couturier， and beautician， had been his longtime mistress， but civil and naval obstacles delayed their marriage until early in the war. Soon their personal passion became a shared political one， and both assumed roles in the Resistance， where they would ultimately meet their deaths. Raised by her paternal aunt， the author was shielded from the circumstances of her birth for both personal and political reasons. While this is primarily a personal story lacking historical analysis， the beautifully crafted and fascinating romance does provide some insights into Resistance activities. Recommended for general readers interested in World War II. Marie Marmo Mullaney， Caldwell Coll.， NJ Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information， Inc. See all Editorial Reviews