The Last Secret Agent

“A gripping narrative that will keep you turning the pages until late into the night, The Last Secret Agent delivers a real-life heroine with an unshakable moral code and preternatural poise.” –Heath Hardage Lee, author of The League of Wives and The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon

“Vivid, honest, inspiring and sometimes shocking, Pippa Latour’s memoir shows how right the SOE were to assess her as having ‘tons of guts’. The Last Secret Agent provides an important and compelling contribution to the record of women’s active service behind enemy lines in the Second World War.” ―Clare Mulley, author of Agent Zo: The Untold Story of a Fearless World War II Resistance Fighter

“This memoir of the last SOE F section agent Pippa Latour is vivid and vibrant. Her own words echo with resonance across the pages, punctuated with historical context and fact. Pippa’s story will remain in the hearts and minds of readers for a long time, keeping her memory very much alive.” ―Kate Vigurs, author of Mission France: The True History of the Women of SOE

“Pippa’s story is one of immense courage and personal sacrifice… a truly gripping and remarkable wartime service.” ―Helen Fry, author of Women in Intelligence

“A fascinating read…A wartime spy’s remarkable tale, told in an authentic voice.” –Kirkus Reviews

“One of history’s most amazing women.” –Booklist

“A fascinating page-turner.” –Library Journal

PIPPA LATOUR was the last surviving SEO agent, serving in France until its liberation. For seventy years, Pippa’s contributions to the war effort were largely unheralded, but she was finally given her due in 2014 when she was awarded France’s highest military decoration, the Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur (Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour). She died in 2023 at age 102.

JUDE DOBSON is a best-selling author who has been researching, writing, producing, and directing WWI and WWII content for broadcast and print media since 2018. She won Best Historical Documentary in the 2023 New York Radio Awards for an audio documentary that featured WWII aviators talking about their wartime experiences.