She Landed By Moonlight
The Story of Secret Agent Pearl Witherington: the 'real Charlotte Gray'
$42.89
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
10 March 2014
Summary
On the night of 22 September 1943, Pearl Witherington, a twenty-nine-year-old British secretary and agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), was parachuted from a Halifax bomber into Occupied France. Like Sebastian Faulks’ heroine, Charlotte Gray, Pearl had a dual mission: in her case, to fight for her beloved, broken France and to find her lost love. Pearl’s lover was a Parisian parfumier turned soldier, Henri Cornioley, who had been taken prisoner while serving in the French Logisti…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444724622 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1444724622 |
| Author: | Carole Seymour-Jones |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 10 March 2014 |
| Weight: | 312g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 168mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
‘Written with devastating sympathy, this dual biography illuminates the dark interstices between private and public life…irresistible reading.’
The truth is that Sebastian Faulk’s novel…stands on its own, but so does She Landed by Moonlight, the long-awaited biography that Agent Pearl deserves. - The Times
Dialogue is recreated, scenes are set and we are given a character’s thoughts, feelings and reactions. Pearl’s story [is] so well-documented and her exploits so extraordinary. - Independent Book of the WeekQuietly moving… Carol Seymour-Jones has done an excellent job in bringing Witherington’s courage, commitment and ability to light, sensibly focusing on her war years when she lived to her full potential. - SpectatorIt took until 2004 - four years before her death - for her own country to belatedly present her with a CBE. As this biography makes clear, the brave and wholly admirable Pearl Witherington deserved much, much better. - Sunday TimesCarole Seymour-Jones does full justice to a truly remarkable and little-known woman. - Country LifeThis biography successfully establishes her in the pantheon of the very bravest and best, up there with such legendary figures as Violette Szabo, Andree Borrel, Madeline Damerment and Nancy Wake. - Mail on Sunday - Sebastian FaulksThoroughly researched and perceptive. - The LadyAbout The Author
Carole Seymour-Jones
Carole Seymour-Jones was born in Wales. She was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for her biography of Vivienne Eliot, first wife of TS Eliot. Her most recent biography of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, A Dangerous Liaison, received widespread acclaim. Carole is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Surrey, and former Deputy President and chair of the Writers in Prison Committee of English PEN, the writers’ charity.
She has three children and lives with her husband in London and Surrey.
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