The Last Secret Agent: My Life as a Spy Behind Nazi Lines
LaTour, Pippa
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In den Warenkorb legenVerkauft von Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, USA
AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 9. Oktober 2009
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In den Warenkorb legen2025. hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers V9781250384348
After decades of silence, the last surviving World War II spy operating in the deadly world of Nazi France, reveals the real, untold story of her time as a secret agent.
From a unique and singular voice comes the incredible true story of the last surviving undercover British female operative in WW2. Pippa Latour parachuted into occupied France in 1944 to conduct sabotage and subversion behind enemy lines. Selling soap to German soldiers and hiding codes on a piece of ribbon, she sent back crucial information about troop positions in the lead up to D-Day, and continued her work until Paris was liberated. From her childhood as an orphan in South Africa to her years as an undercover agent, Pippa's story is that of a woman determined to honor her principles and risk her life to fight against the greatest evil of the 20th century.
The Last Secret Agent is a posthumously published memoir, co-written with writer Jude Dobson. Pippa was decorated highly for her actions, including being made a Member of the Order of the British Empire and receiving the Légion d’Honneur in France. For years, Pippa kept her involvement in the war effort secret from everyone, including her family, but for the first time, her story can now be told in full.
PIPPA LATOUR was the last surviving SEO agent, serving in France until its liberation. For seventy years, Pippa's contributions to the war effort were largely unheralded, but she was finally given her due in 2014 when she was awarded France's highest military decoration, the Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur (Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour). She died in 2023 at age 102.
JUDE DOBSON is a best-selling author who has been researching, writing, producing, and directing WWI and WWII content for broadcast and print media since 2018. She won Best Historical Documentary in the 2023 New York Radio Awards for an audio documentary that featured WWII aviators talking about their wartime experiences.
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