Northern Pierre

See also: Northern (homonymy)

Northern Pierre , of his true name Andre Brouillard , is a Militaire and writer of Paralittérature (spy novel, detective novels) French born on April 15th, 1900 with the Cateau-Cambrésis (Northern) and deceased on December 9th, 1985 with Monaco.

Its destiny of specialist in the Espionnage appears very early. Its city being occupied by the troops German be of 1914 to 1918, it delivers to the collection information for the allies by observing the movements of German trains. It is stopped by the occupant with Saint Quentin in 1916. Condemned to death, it is grâcié because of its young age and envoys in Strafbataillon (disciplinary battalion).

The end of the war enables him to resume its studies. Raise with the military academy of Saint-Cyr military school of 1920 to 1922, it starts a career of officer of the tanks. Admitted at the University of War of 1932 to 1934 and graduate of the Private school of Political sciences, it is distinguished with the Morocco where it is wounded.

It enters to the Second Office (military service of against-espionage). It publishes its first novel in 1936: Double crime on the line Maginot is a detective novel located in the military context of a Ligne Maginot which evokes already future the funny of war . Its second work, Ground of anguish in 1937 is a true spy novel inspired by its memories of the first conflict. Its two books will have a great success and will be immediately adapted to the cinema.

North becomes then chief of the special services of 9th and 10th armies when it is made prisoner (again) by the German troops in 1940. He escapes and becomes one of the organizers of the secret army while directing in 1943 the network Eleuthère . In the Release, it takes part in a third film Firing squad drawn from its novel éponyme in 1944-45. It leaves the army in 1945 to be devoted to the literature.

It publishes very many detective novels, of adventure and especially of espionage, without reaching however the literary quality of its British alter-ego Eric Ambler. Its spy novels, very documented, have as a recurring hero colonel Dubois, quiet Master-spy inspired of a former chief of French against-espionage. Their action, which proceeds on the various theaters of operations of the Cold war and the decolonization, make appear these novels dated well today, but they remain of an enthralling reading.

Its first works are appeared in the collection the Mask with the editions of the Fields-Elysées . Thereafter, Northern Pierre remained faithful to the editions Fayard . Its books, undoubtedly too dated, have not been republished for several decades. Northern Pierre is also the author of historical works and accounts on the secret war: My comrades died and the intoxication , in particular clarifying the operations of the allies to mislead Adolf Hitler on the project of Débarquement in Normandy.

Novels

Double crime on the line Maginot (1936)
Ground of anguish = Second office against Kommandantur (1937) Grand Prix of the novel of adventures 1937
Firing squad (1938)
the captain Ardant (1938)
the conquest of the house Dubard (1939)
a bastion of the Empire (1945)
Firing squad 1944 (1945)
a man betrayed (1947)
the night of Karpathes (1949)
appointments of Ukraine (1949)
a corpse of too in the film (1950)
Hunting coupled with Cairo (1951)
the Virgin of the Rhine (1953)
Which is the police officer? (1953)
girls of Bucharest (1954)
the ambush of Algiers (1955)
Sixth column (1956)
Newspaper of a Master-singer (1956)
the crime which I assert (1956)
Confessions of a double agent (1956)
a named woman Judith (1957)
Mort to the arms dealers! (1957)
the spy of Prague (1957)
Good luck, Fathima! (1958)
Bomb with NATO (1959)
True secrecy of State (1959)
the round of the polar spies (1959)
the atomic club (1960)
country of the rebels (1960)
Intelligence with the enemy (1960)
Underwater… or what? (1961)
Flights of vultures on Congo (1961)
Lawsuit of espionage (1961)
cuban Intoxication = Mystifications cuban (1961)
the bottle with the sea (1961)
No scandal to UNO (1962)
the insane one of Cattaro (1962)
the wall of shame (1962)
Espionage with Italian the (1963)
Second handle with Cuba (1963)
Passeports for eternity (1963)
the fair with the scientists (1964)
the spies with the corner of fire (1964)
Ca feels oil with Mazulicassar (1964)
the agent Large-Madrid (1964)
Miss Danger-Yellow (1965)
the too secret spies (1965)
the spy of the First World War (1965)
the trap of Saigon (1965)
a man betrayed (1965)
atomic Nuage on Tahiti-Mururoa (1966)
a business of escapes (1966)
These spies whom one exchanges (1967)
Kawass of Ankara (1967)
Rendez-vous to Jerusalem (1968)
the conference of the Black Forest (1968)
the assassination of the doves (1969)
the thirteenth one committed suicide (1969)
Provocations in Prague (1970)
Translates of the Chinese (1971)
the chronicles of the subversive war: Sea with the frogs (1972)
chronicles of the subversive war: The channel of Mow Americas (1973)
the summer of the colonels (1974)
the phantom of Martin Bormann (1974)

Tests and accounts

Pages of glory (1945)
My comrades died (1947-1949) (3 volumes) Grand Prix Truth 1947

1 - the war of the information 2 - against-espionage 3 - preparation of the unloading

the sacrifice of the juniors by Saumur illustrations of Guy Arnoux Bookstore of the Champs Elysées. 1947
Leclerc, the sword of Free France
Leclerc and its men illustrations of Red Raoul Auger and Gold n°55 1952
Pages of glory illustrations of Red Raoul Auger and Gold n°80 1954
the extraordinary adventure of the giant Roumi illustrations of Guy Sabran. The Editions G.P.: Paris, (1945). inspired of the life of Henry de Bournazel
Eurafrique, our last chance
Charles de Foucauld, French of Africa (1957)
Case of conscience of the secret agent
the intoxication (1971)

Adaptations to the cinema

Double crime on the line Maginot (1937) réal. Felix Gandéra, with Victor Francen
Second office against Kommandantur (1938) réal. Pierre Balk, with Gabriel Gabrio, Junie Astor
Firing squad (1944) réal. Andre Berthomieu, with Pierre Renoir, Lucien Coëdel, Yvonne Gaudeau, Robert Dalban
Captain Ardant (1951) réal. Andre Zwoboda, with Yves Vincent, Renee Saint-Cyr military school, Roland Toutain, Raymond Cordy
the Virgin of the Rhine (1953) réal. Gilles Grangier, with Jean Gabin
Shapes It, corporal of France (1957) réal. Robert Darène, with François Périer, Rossana Podesta, Robert Hirsch, Jean Lefebvre
the snake (1972) réal. Henri Verneuil, with Yul Brynner, Henry Founded, Philippe Noiret, Dirk Bogarde (according to the thirteenth one committed suicide )

Adaptation as a cartoon

Three novels were adapted as cartoons published in the daily press with drawings of Angelo Di Marco and texts of Georges Cheylard:

Captain Ardant (1951) republished with the editions Prifo (1977)
Hunting coupled with Cairo
Ground of Anguish (1955)

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