Madame Fourcade's secret war : the daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler

Madame Fourcade's secret war : the daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler / Lynne Olson.

In 1941 Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, lifelong rebel against her country's conservative, patriarchal society, became the leader of a vast intelligence organization. Her group's name was Alliance, and used the names of animals as their aliases. Fourcade was Hedgehog: a tough little animal, unth...

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Main Author: Olson, Lynne (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Fourcade, Marie-Madeleine, > 1909-1989.
World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service > France > Biography.
Spies > France > Biography.
Women spies > France > Biography.
Spies > Great Britain > Biography.
Women spies > Great Britain > Biography.
Espionage, British > France > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service > Great Britain > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > France.
World War, 1939-1945 > Women > France.
Biographies.
Biography.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 1936-1942. Leaping into the unknown ; The chaos of defeat ; Fighting back ; Spying in Marseille ; The birth of Alliance ; Danger in Paris ; Taking command ; A network in peril ; The mailbag ; The return of Léon Faye ; A game of wits ; "An undisputed leader" ; "Sitting on a barrel of gunpowder" ; The traitor ; A general escapes ; Captured ; Operation Attila ; "Down go the U-boats"
  • 1943-1944. On the run ; The tinderbox of Lyon ; High anxiety ; "Here you are at last!" ; "The most remarkable girl of her generation" ; Pink heather ; Calamity ; Captives ; The map ; Going home
  • 1944-1945. Caught in the net ; Liberation and beyond ; "Hail Mary, full of grace" ; The road to Gethsemane.

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