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  The dramatic, untold story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain''s elite spy agency to help pave the way for Allied victory, for fans of A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE by Sonia Purnell
  
  ''Gripping: Spies, romance, Gestapo thugs, blown-up trains, courage, and treachery (lots of treachery) - and all of it true, all precisely documented''
  ERIK LARSON, author of THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
  
  ''The mission is this: Read D-Day Girls today. Not just for the spy flair but also because this history feels more relevant than ever, as an army of women and girls again find themselves in a fight for the common good''
  LILY KOPPEL, author of THE ASTRONAUT WIVES CLUB
  
  ''Thoroughly researched and written as smoothly as a good thriller, this is a mesmerising story of creativity, perseverance, and astonishing heroism''
  PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, Starred review
  
  
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  In 1942, the Allies were losing, Germany seemed unstoppable, and every able man in England was fighting. Believing that Britain was locked in an existential battle, Winston Churchill had already created a secret agency, the Special Operations Executive (SOE), whose spies were trained in everything from demolition to sharpshoot­ing. Their job, he declared, was to ''set Europe ablaze''. But with most men on the front lines, the SOE was forced to do something unprecedented: recruit women. Thirty-nine answered the call, leaving their lives and families to become saboteurs in France.
  
  In D-Day Girls, Sarah Rose draws on recently de­classified files, diaries, and oral histories to tell the thrilling story of three of these remarkable women. There''s Andrée Borrel, a scrappy and streetwise Parisian who blew up power lines with the Gestapo hot on her heels; Odette Sansom, an unhappily married suburban mother who saw the SOE as her ticket out of domestic life and into a meaningful adventure; and Lise de Baissac, a fiercely independent member of French colonial high society and the SOE''s unflap­pable ''queen''. Together, they destroyed train lines, ambushed Nazis, plotted prison breaks, and gathered crucial intelligence-laying the groundwork for the D-Day invasion that proved to be the turning point in the war.
  
  Rigorously researched and written with razor-sharp wit, D-Day Girls is an inspiring story for our own moment of resistance: a reminder of what courage-and the energy of politically animated women-can accomplish when the stakes seem incalculably high.

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  • Kustantaja / Valmistaja Little, Brown Book Group
  • ISBN 9780751578270
  • Tuotekoodi 9780751578270
  • Alanimike The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win the Second World War
  • Kirjoittajat Sarah Rose
  • Kieli Englanti
  • Thema-luokitus Vakoilu ja tiedustelupalvelut; Toinen maailmansota
  • Ilmestymispäivä 14.05.2020
  • Vuosi 2020
  • Tuoteryhmä Ulk historia, muistelmat
  • Tuotepääryhmä Ulkomaiset tietokirjat
  • Tuotelinja Kirjat
  • Sivumäärä 400
  • Pituus (mm) 126
  • Leveys (mm) 197
  • Korkeus (mm) 44
  • Paino (g) 276
  • Tuotemuoto Pehmeäkantinen
  • Tuoteturvallisuusyhteystiedot Hachette Ireland, Hachette Ireland, info@hbgi.ie
  • ALV 13,5%

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