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Life in Secrets
Sarah Helm
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Description for Life in Secrets
Paperback. The definitive account of an absorbing double mystery: the fates of the missing female SOE agents and the truth about the woman who searched for them Num Pages: 496 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; HBJD; HBWQ; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 33. Weight in Grams: 344.
During World War Two the Special Operation Executive's French Section sent more than 400 agents into Occupied France -- at least 100 never returned and were reported 'Missing Believed Dead' after the war. Twelve of these were women who died in German concentration camps -- some were tortured, some were shot, and some died in the gas chambers. Vera Atkins had helped prepare these women for their missions, and when the war was over she went out to Germany to find out what happened to them and the other agents lost behind enemy lines. But while the woman who carried ... Read more
During World War Two the Special Operation Executive's French Section sent more than 400 agents into Occupied France -- at least 100 never returned and were reported 'Missing Believed Dead' after the war. Twelve of these were women who died in German concentration camps -- some were tortured, some were shot, and some died in the gas chambers. Vera Atkins had helped prepare these women for their missions, and when the war was over she went out to Germany to find out what happened to them and the other agents lost behind enemy lines. But while the woman who carried ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349119366
SKU
V9780349119366
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About Sarah Helm
Sarah Helm was a reporter on the SUNDAY TIMES and Diplomatic Editor for the INDEPENDENT before becoming Jerusalem and then Brussels correspondent for the same paper. Now a freelance writer, Sarah was invited to undertake this project by the family of Vera Atkins.
Reviews for Life in Secrets
It is a testament to Helm's detective skills that she has marshalled evidence to refute the various suppositions about Atkins, presenting a truth more surprising and more compelling than the numerous fictions constructed about this dedicated, if flawed, intelligence officer WATERSTONE'S BOOKS QUARTERLY What makes the book as fascinating as the best of thrillers is that at every stage we ... Read more