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- Fourcade, Marie-Madeleine
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Title Statement | Madame Fourcade's secret war: the daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler / Lynne Olson. |
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Alternative Title(s) | Daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler |
Author | Olson, Lynne |
Publication | New York: Random House,[2019]©2019 |
Edition | First edition. |
Extent of Item | xxiv, 428 pages |
ISBN | 0812994760 9780812994766 |
Other Number | 3556982 |
Contents | 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. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-405) and index. |
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By Topic | World War, 1939-1945--Biography--Secret service--France |
Spies--Biography--France | |
Women spies--Biography--France | |
Spies--Biography--Great Britain | |
Women spies--Biography--Great Britain | |
Espionage, British--History--20th century--France | |
World War, 1939-1945--Biography--Secret service--Great Britain | |
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France | |
World War, 1939-1945--Women--France | |
By Name | Fourcade, Marie-Madeleine,1909-1989 |