Who in France very shortly had a shudder? (6)
I believe the answer is:
quiver
'a shudder?' is the definition.
(shudder is a kind of quiver)
'who in france very shortly' is the wordplay.
'who in france' becomes 'qui' (French for 'who').
'shortly' means to remove the last letter.
'very' with its final letter removed is 'ver'.
'qui'+'ver'='QUIVER'
'had' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for quiver that I've seen before include "Receptacle in which archer keeps arrows" , "Arrow-holder; shake" , "Tremble and shake, or receptacle for arrows" , "Tremble - case for arrows" , "Arrow case" .)