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Format: Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 378
Utgivningsdatum: 2020-03-17
Förlag: Sapere Books
Illustrationer: Black & white illustrations
Dimensioner: 229 x 152 x 21 mm
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Antal komponenter: 1
Komponenter: 402:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Matte Lam
ISBN: 9781913518011

A House For Spies

Name: A House For Spies
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Author: Edward Wake-Walker
ISBN: 9781913518011

SIS Operations into Occupied France from a Sussex Farmhouse

av Edward Wake-Walker

Häftad, Engelska, 2020-03-17

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An unforgettable history of French intelligence agents and courageous British pilots who risked everything in the fight against Hitler! Perfect for fans of Ben Macintyre, Giles Milton and Sinclair McKay.

From 1941 to 1944, Bignor Manor, a farmhouse in Sussex provided board and lodging for men and women of the French Resistance before they were flown by moonlight into occupied France.

Barbara Bertram, whose husband was a conducting officer for the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), became hostess for these daring agents and their pilots during their brief stopovers in their house.

But who were these men and women that passed through the Bertram's house?

And what activities did they conduct whilst in France that meant that so many of them never returned?

Edward Wake-Walker charts the experiences of numerous agents, such as Gilbert Renault, Christian Pineau and Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, and the networks of operatives that they created that provided top-secret intelligence on German defences and naval bases, U-boats, as well as Hitler's devastating new weapons, the V-1 and V-2 flying bombs.

A House For Spies provides fascinating insight into the lives of SIS agents and their Lysander pilots who provided invaluable intelligence to Allied forces. This is a much-forgotten aspect of the Second World War that is only now being told by Edward Wake-Walker.

"Utterly fascinating, very moving and funny. I couldn't have enjoyed it more." - Hugh Grant

"Edward Wake-Walker's meticulously researched chronicles of desperate resistance, audacity, duty, determination and daring are a valuable addition to the history of World War II" - Bel Mooney, Daily Mail

"It kept me up at night as I wanted to know what happened to all the various characters [brought] so admirably back to life" - Russell England, Director of Bletchley Park: Codebreaking's Forgotten Genius and Operation Mincemeat

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