An edition of The Women Who Lived for Danger (2002)
The women who lived for danger
the women agents of SOE in the Second World War
By Marcus Binney
Publish Date
2002
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Language
eng
Pages
400
Description:
In World War II, 37 women were dropped in occupied France to work as Special Operations Executive agents. This is the story of eight of these female agents, all from civilian life, who volunteered for a life of resistance work, undercover operations and a constant fear of discovery.
subjects: Secret service, Great Britain. Special Operations Executive, Women intelligence officers, Women, Great Britain. Army. Special Operations Executive, World War, 1939-1945, Great Britain, Biography, Women spies, Great britain, special operations executive, World war, 1939-1945, secret service, great britain, World war, 1939-1945, women, Women, biography, Women, great britain
Places: Great Britain