Nancy Wake. A Biography Of Our Greatest War Heroine

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2001
Edition: Reprint

Description: 310 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear and a crease to cover present, but still a presentable copy. As A Naive, Young Journalist, Nancy Wake Witnessed A Horrific Scene Of Nazi Violence In A Viennese Street. From That Moment, She Declared That She Would Do Everything In Her Power To Rid Europe Of The Nazi Presence. What Began As A Courier Job Here And There Became A Highly Successful Escape Network For Allied Soldiers, Perfectly Camourflaged By Nancy's High-society Life In Marseille.

Publishers Description: Freedom is the only thing worth living for. While I was doing that work I used to think that it didnt matter if I died, because without freedom there was no point in living.Nancy WakeIn the early 1930s, Nancy Wake was a young woman enjoying a bohemian life in Paris. By the end of the Second World War she was the Gestapos most wanted person.As a naive, young journalist, Nancy Wake witnessed a horrific scene of Nazi violence in a Viennese street. From that moment, she declared that she would do everything in her power to rid Europe of the Nazi presence. What began as a courier job here and there, became a highly successful escape network for Allied soldiers, perfectly camouflaged by Nancys high-society life in Marseille. Her network was soon so successful - and so notorious - that he had to flee France to escape the Gestapo who had dubbed her the white mouse for her knack of slipping through its traps.But Nancy was a passionate enemy of the Nazis and refused to stay away. She trained with the British Special Operations Executive and parachuted back into France behind enemy lines. Again, this singular woman rallied to the cause, helping to lead a powerful underground fighting force, the Maquis. Supplying weapons and training the civilian Maquis, organising Allied parachute drops, cycling four hundred kilometres across a mountain range to find a new transmitting radio - nothing seemed too difficult in her fight against the Nazis.Peter FitzSimons reveals Nancy Wakes compelling story, a tale of an ordinary woman doing extraordinary things.

ISBN: 9780732269197