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Madame Fourcade's secret war : the daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler  Cover Image Book Book

Madame Fourcade's secret war : the daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler / Lynne Olson.

Olson, Lynne, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780812994766 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xxiv, 428 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2019]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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 Léon 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.
Subject: 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.
Genre: Biographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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