Madame Fourcade's Secret war : : the Daring Young Woman who led France's Largest spy Network Against Hitler
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Prologue, 1936-1942 -- Leaping into the unknown -- The chaos of defeat -- Fighting back -- Spying in Marseille -- The birth of alliance -- Danger in Paris -- Taking command -- A network in peril -- The mailbag -- The return of Leon Faye -- A game of wits -- "An undisputed leader" -- "Sitting on a barrel of gunpowder" -- The traitor -- A general escapes -- Captured -- Operation Attila -- "Down go the U-boats" -- 1943-1944 -- On the run -- The tinderbox of Lyon -- High anxiety -- "Here you are at last!" -- "The most remarkable girl of her generation" -- Pink heather -- Calamity -- Captives -- The map -- Going home -- 1944-1945 -- Caught in the net -- Liberation and beyond -- "Hail Mary, full of grace" -- The road to Gethsemane -- Epilogue.
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Excellent book about espionage in WWII submitted by smgop on August 7, 2020, 7:22pm This was a historical biography that read like fiction! Amazing all that she was able to accomplish for the Resistance!
PUBLISHED
New York : Random House, [2019]
Year Published: 2019
Description: 428 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780812994766
0812994760
SUBJECTS
Fourcade, Marie-Madeleine, -- 1909-1989.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- France -- Biography.
Spies -- France -- Biography.
Women spies -- France -- Biography.
Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Women spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Espionage, British -- France -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- France.