Code name: Lise : the true story of the woman who became WWII's most highly decorated spy
(2019)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
940.548641/LOFTIS,L

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 940.548641/LOFTIS,L Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Gallery Books, 2019
EDITION
First Gallery Books hardcover edition
DESCRIPTION

xxi, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781501198656, 1501198653 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Dramatis personae -- Preface -- Prologue -- Duty -- Jinxed -- Mission to Marseille -- The briefcase -- Control -- The kiss -- Pearl of the French Alps -- Grand Duke -- Lifeless -- The beam -- They will send for you -- Tick, tick -- The Black Hollow -- Viennese waltzes -- All my love -- Lily of the valley -- The bunker -- The slaughter -- Still warm -- Pierre -- Hunting the hunter -- Fanning the damned -- Completing the loop -- Epilogue -- Appendix: the SOE official history affair

"The extraordinary true story of Odette Sansom, the British spy who operated in occupied France and fell in love with her commanding officer during World War II--perfect for fans of Unbroken, The Boys in the Boat, and Code Girls."--Provided by publisher