The last secret agent
Latour, Pippa2024
Book
This is the astounding true story of one of the last female special operations agents in France to get out alive after its liberation in WWII. Born in 1921, Pippa Latour became a covert special operations agent who parachuted into a field in Nazi-occupied Normandy. Trained by the British, Pippa was lauded for her fluency with languages and her coding ability - attributes she put to remarkable use when she posed as a teenage soap seller, often selling her wares to the German soldiers and sending back information via code to the UK. Incredibly brave - Pippa knew she could be instantly shot if her cover was blown - she concealed her codes in pieces of silk that she threaded through a shoelace and wore as a hair tie. She bicycled around the region, often sleeping rough and foraging for food. During her time in Normandy, Pippa sent 135 secret messages conveying crucial information on German troop positions in the lead-up to D-Day. Pippa continued her mission until France's liberation in August 1944. For decades, Pippa told no one - not even her family - of her incredible feats during WWII. Now, for the first time, her story can be told in full.
Main title:
The last secret agent / Pippa Latour ; with Jude Dobson.
Author:
Latour, Pippa, authorDobson, Jude, 1966-, author
Work:
Imprint:
Auckland, New Zealand : Allen & Unwin, 2024.©2024
Collation:
285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781991006561 (paperback)
Dewey class:
940.548641092940.548641
Language:
English
Subject:
Latour, PippaGreat Britain. Special Operations Executive. F Section -- BiographyWomen intelligence officers -- Great Britain -- BiographyWomen spies -- Great Britain -- BiographyWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain -- BiographyWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- BiographyWorld War, 1939-1945 -- France -- NormandyEspionage, British -- France -- HistoryNormandy (France) -- HistoryAutobiographies
BRN:
2668030