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The woman with no name : a novel / Audrey Blake.

Blake, Audrey, (author.).

Summary:

"On a warm night in September, Yvonne Rudellat's house is bombed. Almost everything she owns is destroyed. Yvonne has no one left. She and her husband have long been estranged; her daughter, Jackie, is married and occupied with war work. Yvonne is no use to anyone-older, diminutive, always overlooked. As she prepares to take her own life, fate offers her a new path. Almost no one believes she can do it. She is a woman, unaccustomed to this form of danger. She is too old, too frail for such deadly work. But Britain is on the brink of losing the war, and so she is sent, as an experiment more than anything else, to train as a Special Operative Executive. All too soon, she finds herself alone in the country that was once her home. Her mission: set Europe ablaze and clear the way for the women who come after"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781728270821 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: 379 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: Naperville, IL : Sourcebooks Landmark, [2024]

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General Note:
Includes reading group guide and a conversation with the authors.

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Subject: Rudellat, Yvonne, 1897-1945 > Fiction.
Great Britain. Special Operations Executive > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Great Britain > Participation, Female > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Novels.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • Baker & Taylor
    When her house bombed and she has nothing left, Yvonne Rudellat prepares to take her own life but fate intervenes, offering her the opportunity to train as a Special Operative Executive where she vows to set Europe ablaze and clear the way for the women who come after. Original.
  • Sourcebooks Inc.

    "Resilience, courage, and bravery outshine the enemy is this fast-paced, historical read." — Booklist

    She'll light the fire of resistance—but she may get burned…

    1942. Though she survived the bomb that destroyed her home, Yvonne Rudellat's life is over. She's estranged from her husband, her daughter is busy with war work, and Yvonne—older, diminutive, overlooked—has lost all purpose. Until she's offered a chance to remake herself entirely…

    The war has taken a turn for the worse, and the men in charge are desperate. So, when Yvonne is recruited as Britain's first female sabotage agent, expectations are low. But her tenacity, ability to go unnoticed, and aptitude for explosives set her apart. Soon enough she arrives in occupied France with a new identity, ready to set the Nazi regime ablaze.

    But there are adversaries on all sides. As Yvonne becomes infamous as the nameless, unstoppable woman who burns the enemy at every turn, she realizes she may lose herself to the urgent needs of the cause…

    Based on a true story, The Woman With No Name is a gripping story of secrets, spies, and the women behind the Resistance, from USA Today bestselling author Audrey Blake.

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