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"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 England.
Incredibly brave - Pippa knew she could be instantly shot if her cover was blown - she concealed her codes on a piece 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 the liberation of Paris 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."
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From start to finish this book had me absolutely hooked. Even before Pippa signed up as part of Churchill's Secret Army, known as the Special Operations Executive (SOE), she had been through the mill having been orphaned when she was only four years old.
Pippa's work behind enemy lines in France along with members of the resistance and the local communities was dangerous and capture with certain death being the likely outcome, had me holding my breath at times.
The narration was just excellent and really brought everything to life. Just an amazing story of an awe-inspiring woman that I would recommend highly and many thanks to the author, Octopus Audio, Monoray and NetGalley for enabling me to listen to and share my thoughts of this amazing story.
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