Nancy Wake: The Story of a Very Brave Woman by Russell Braddon

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Significant foxing to foredge front and back endpages. Binding is still very good. Dust jacket has several minor tears at corners and top edge. Foxing to dust jacket. Dust jacket now enclosed in protector.

Nancy Wake is one of the true heroines of World War II.

Born in New Zealand, she was living in Marseille and was married to a Frenchman, Henri Fiocca, when the Germans invaded. Nancy immediately became active in the Resistance movement, smuggling messages and food to underground groups in Southern France and helping refugees flee to Spain. By 1943, she was on the Gestapo's most-wanted list. Their nickname for her, due to her elusiveness, was the White Mouse.

It was time for Nancy to leave France. After six escape attempts, Nancy reached Britain where she promptly became one of the thirty-nine women to join the British Special Operations Executive. Parachuted back into France, she became the virtual leader of a 7,000-strong branch of the Maquis.

This book tells the extraordinary story of this exceptional woman. Initially published in 1956. (back cover)