A Life In Secrets
vera atkins and the lost agents of soe
$30.71
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
6 August 2006
Summary
A Life in Secrets: Unmasking a WWII Spy’s Hidden Past
During World War Two, the Special Operations Executive’s French Section dispatched over 400 agents into Occupied France. Tragically, at least 100 never returned, presumed dead after the war. Among them were twelve women who perished in German concentration camps, some enduring torture, others facing execution or death in gas chambers. Vera Atkins, instrumental in preparing these women for their perilous missions, embarked on a qu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349119366 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349119368 |
| Author: | Sarah Helm |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 6 August 2006 |
| Weight: | 350g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm x 31mm |
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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 know as much as she does, tracking Vera down clue by clue, contact by contact … It makes compulsive reading - Peter Lewis, DAILY MAILShe has now written a truly stunning book - quite the best by a non-veteran of secret warfare … If any young reader wonders ‘why the bunting and the occasional tear - this VE Day, I recommend this book’John Crossland, SUNDAY TIMES - ‘Carefully researched and engaging biography’About The Author
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.
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