Young, brave and beautiful : the missions of Special Operations Executive Agent Lieutenant Violette...
Young, brave and beautiful : the missions of Special Operations Executive Agent Lieutenant Violette...
Young, brave and beautiful : the missions of Special Operations Executive Agent Lieutenant Violette Szabo, George Cross, Croix de Guerre avec Etoile de Bronze / Tania Szabo ; [forewords by Virginia McKenna and Jack Higgins ; introduction by Jean-Claude Guiet].
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Publisher
Stroud : History press, 2015.
Stroud, England The History Press, 2015.
Date
2015.
Call Numbers
G 2015/3118
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Language
English
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Physical content
400 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm.
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text
still image
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Part I -- 1.Dropped Blind -- 2.At the Farm -- 3.Train Journey to Paris -- Part II -- 4.Arrival in Paris -- 5.Train to the Unknown -- Part III -- 6.Friendly Lodgings in Rouen -- 7.Finding and Meeting Madame Desvaux -- 8.The Confession -- 9.Dubito Ergo Sum -- 10.Madame...
Contents note continued: 23.Debriefing -- 24.Rest and Refreshers, More Debriefs -- 25.Final Days of Waiting, Promotion, Preparation and a Night on the Town -- 26.Hazells Hall, Fun and Delays -- 27.Flight to Sussac -- Part VI -- 28.Arrival in Sussac -- 29.Sussac -- 30.Magnac, Madame Lazerat and Meeti...
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Publisher
Stroud : History press, 2015.
Stroud, England The History Press, 2015.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2015.
2015.
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Summary
SOE agent Violette Szabo was one of the most incredible women who operated behind enemy lines during the Second World War. The daughter of an English father and French mother, and widow of a French army officer, she was daring and courageous, conducting sabotage missions, being embroiled in gun battles and battling betrayal. On her second mission s...
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Young, brave and beautiful : the missions of Special Operations Executive Agent Lieutenant Violette Szabo, George Cross, Croix de Guerre avec Etoile de Bronze / Tania Szabo ; [forewords by Virginia McKenna and Jack Higgins ; introduction by Jean-Claude Guiet].
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2015/3118
Record Identifier
74VKR2jXjwgg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKR2jXjwgg
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ISBN
0750962097 (hbk.)
9780750962094 (hbk.)
DDC
940.5486481
MMS ID
991023001719702626
