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Madame Fourcade's secret war : the daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against H...

Madame Fourcade's secret war : the daring young woman w...

Madame Fourcade's secret war : the daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against H...

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Madame Fourcade's secret war : the daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler / Lynne Olson.

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Madame Fourcade's secret war : the daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler / Lynne Olson.

Author / Creator

Publisher

New York : Random House, [2019]

Call Numbers

G 2020/1715

Record Identifier

74VKaDraB0kA

MMS ID

991024298613802626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xxiv, 428 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

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 Léon Faye ; A game of wits ; "An undisputed leader" ; "Sitting on a barrel of gunpowder" ; Th...

Publication information

Publisher

New York : Random House, [2019]

Edition

First edition.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

[2019]

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Scope and Contents

Summary

In 1941 Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, lifelong rebel against her country's conservative, patriarchal society, became the leader of a vast intelligence organization. Her group's name was Alliance, and used the names of animals as their aliases. Fourcade was Hedgehog: a tough little animal, unthreatening in appearance. The Gestapo pursued them relentless...

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Madame Fourcade's secret war : the daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler / Lynne Olson.

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Daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler

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Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-405) and index.

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Date Copyright

©2019

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Call Numbers

G 2020/1715

Record Identifier

74VKaDraB0kA

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaDraB0kA

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ISBN

9780812994766

DDC

940.548644092

MMS ID

991024298613802626

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