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Nancy Wake lived in France before WWII, and at the outbreak of war, she joined a resistance group in Marseilles and became the No 1 target on the Gestapo's most wanted list, with a five-million franc price on her head. Dubbed the White Mouse, she managed to escape and flee to England.
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Nancy Wake lived in France before WWII, and at the outbreak of war, she joined a resistance group in Marseilles and became the No 1 target on the Gestapo's most wanted list, with a five-million franc price on her head. Dubbed the White Mouse, she managed to escape and flee to England.
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Nancy Wake: a Biography of Our Greatest War Heroine
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Paperback. Zustand: Good. In the early 1930s, Nancy Wake was enjoying a bohemian life in Paris. by the end of the Second World War she was the Gestapo's most wanted person. After witnessing horrific Nazi violence in Vienna, Nancy declared she would do everything in her power to rid Europe of the Nazi presence. What began as a courier job developed into a highly successful escape network for Allied soldiers, so successful that Nancy had to flee France to escape the Gestapo who had dubbed her 'the white mouse' for her knack of slipping through their traps. But Nancy was a passionate enemy of the Nazis and after training with the British Special Operations Executive she parachuted back into France where she helped to lead the powerful underground fighting force, the Maquis. Training civilian fighters, organising Allied parachute drops, cycling four hundred kilometres across a mountain range to find a new transmitting radio - nothing seem too difficult in her fight against the Nazis. Peter Fitzsimons reveals Nancy Wake's compelling story, a tale of an ordinary woman doing extraordinary things. 390 pages. Artikel-Nr. 1345771
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Nancy Wake A Biography of Our Greatest War Heroine
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Paperback. Zustand: Fine. Previous owner's inscription; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 310 pages. Artikel-Nr. B4029
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Nancy Wake Biography
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HarperCollins Publishers (Aust, 2002
ISBN 10: 0732274567
ISBN 13: 9780732274566
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Zustand: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Artikel-Nr. A15E-01444
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