The problem with biographies of Jean Moulin is that he was such a secretive figure it's hard to build a page count out of him. One almost suspects the fury of controversal opinions on his 'true' political views and who betrayed the meeting in Caluire* has sprung up solely to help authors produce something longer than a phamplet.

Marnham does an able job over coming this using secondary sources. For example, it's known that Jean Moulin was a 'lord of misrule' for a while in his youth when he had to attend the same school where his father taught history. So in addition to what facts are known about those years, Marnham includes a quote from another person who was in the same position growing up: Graham Greene. He also quotes Thomas Merton's description of what such a school was like. This literary device does a good job of filling in the gaps.

All in all, a fascinating story told well and with rich details.

(*I say Malrux did it, in the library, with the candlestick. Man was just so eager to make that speech! ;-)