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1 online resource (viii, 324 pages) |
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text file rda |
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Intro; Title Page; Welcome; Dedication; Prologue; 1. Exile; 2. Secrets and Lies; 3. A Shaky Start; 4. Escape; 5. Broken Promises; 6. Betrayal; 7. Buckmaster Passes the Buck; 8. Coming Home; 9. Monumental Errors; 10. An Uncomfortable Journey; 11. The Deadly Discovery; 12. A Bad Decision; 13. A Brilliant Actress; 14. Torture; 15. Didi Vanishes; 16. The End of the Line; 17. Lost Opportunity; 18. The Getaway; 19. A Narrow Escape; 20. Allies or Enemies?; 21. Thoughtless Demands; 22. Adventures, Problems and Losses; 23. The Ultimate Secret Agent; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; About the Author |
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Also by Susan OttawayReading Group Guide; Questions and Topics for Discussion; A Conversation with Susan Ottaway; Susan Ottaway's Recommended Reading; Bibliography; Notes; Newsletters; Table of Contents; Copyright |
| Summary |
The incredible true story of British special agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne, sisters who risked everything to fight for freedom during the Second World War. When elderly recluse Eileen Nearne died, few suspected that the quiet little old lady was a decorated WWII war hero. Volunteering to serve for British intelligence at age 21, Eileen was posted to Nazi-occupied France to send encoded messages of crucial importance for the Allies, until her capture by the Gestapo. Eileen was not the only agent in her family--her sister Jacqueline was a courier for the French resistance. While Jacqueline narrowly avoided arrest, Eileen was tortured by the Nazis, then sent to the infamous RavensbrUck women's concentration camp. Astonishingly, this resourceful young woman eventually escaped her captors and found her way to the advancing American army. In this amazing true story of triumph and tragedy, Susan Ottaway unveils the secret lives of two sisters who sacrificed themselves to defend their country. **Includes a Reading Group Guide exclusive to this edition.** |
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Tells the story of British special agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne, two sisters who risked everything to fight for freedom in Nazi-occupied France during the Second World War. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-314) and index. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
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Nearne, Eileen, 1921-2010.
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Nearne, Jacqueline, 1916-1982.
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Nearne, Eileen, 1921-2010. |
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Nearne, Jacqueline, 1916-1982. |
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Great Britain. Special Operations Executive.
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Great Britain. Special Operations Executive. |
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World War (1939-1945) |
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1939-1945 |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Occupied territories.
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Spies -- Great Britain.
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Sisters -- Great Britain.
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Radio operators -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Women spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Radio operators. |
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Secret service. |
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Spies. |
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Women spies. |
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Great Britain. |
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Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Ottaway, Susan. Cool and lonely courage New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014 9780316326988 (NjBwBT)bl2014041172 (OCoLC)868040289 |
| ISBN |
9780316370189 : $81.00 |
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0316370185 : $81.00 |
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