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 who led France's largest spy network against Hitler / Lynne Olson.
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New York : Random House, [2019]
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G 2020/1715
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English
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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...
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Publisher
New York : Random House, [2019]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
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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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-405) and index.
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©2019
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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