Madame Fourcade's secret war : the daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler /
Olson, Lynne,
Madame Fourcade's secret war : the daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler / Daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler Lynne Olson. - First edition. - xxiv, 428 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-405) and index.
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.
9780812994766
2018049180
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--History--France--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.
World War, 1939-1945--Women--France.
D810.S8 / O4765 2019
940.54/8644092 B
Madame Fourcade's secret war : the daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler / Daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler Lynne Olson. - First edition. - xxiv, 428 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-405) and index.
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.
9780812994766
2018049180
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--History--France--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.
World War, 1939-1945--Women--France.
D810.S8 / O4765 2019
940.54/8644092 B