Moondrop to Gascony
$48.48
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
30 July 2025
Summary
Moondrop to Gascony: A Wartime Tale of Courage and Resistance
On a cold, moonlit night in January 1944, Anne-Marie Walters, just 20 years old, parachuted into southwest France to work with the Resistance in preparation for the long-awaited Allied invasion. The daughter of a British father and a French mother, she was to act as a courier for George Starr, head of the WHEELWRIGHT circuit of SOE.
Over the next seven months Anne-Marie criss-crossed the region, carrying messages,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781036131104 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1036131106 |
| Author: | Anne-Marie Walters |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 30 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 416g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Anne-Marie Walters
Anne-Marie Walters was born in Geneva in 1923 to British and French parents. In 1943 she was recruited as a secret agent by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and parachuted into Southwest France to act as courier for the WHEELWRIGHT circuit in support of the local Resistance. After the War, Anne-Marie worked as a journalist, living in New York, Paris and Barcelona, and founded two literary agencies. She died in 1998.
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