Churchill's White Rabbit: The True Story of a Real-Life James Bond - Hardcover

Jackson, Sophie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0752467484 ISBN 13: 9780752467481

Publisher: The History Press, 2013

Synopsis

A revealing biography of Edward Yeo-Thomas GC, the man who inspired Ian Fleming's James Bond

Edward Yeo-Thomas GC was one of the bravest of the brave. A fluent French-speaker, he joined SOE and was parachuted into occupied France three times to work with the Resistance. Appalled by the lack of help the British were providing, he managed to arrange a five-minute meeting with Winston Churchill, during which he persuaded him to do more. On his third mission he was betrayed and captured by the Gestapo; he suffered horrendous torture before being sent to Buchenwald concentration camp, from where he eventually managed to escape, making it back to Allied lines shortly before the end of the war. This biography reveals new information about how the torture affected Yeo-Thomas, the state of SOE-Resistance cooperation, Gestapo typhus experiments at Buchenwald, and how "White Rabbit," Yeo-Thomas, provided the inspiration for Ian Fleming's famous secret agent, James Bond.

About this title

About the Author:

Sophie Jackson is the author of Churchill's Unexpected Guests, The Horse in Myth and Legend, and The Medieval Christmas.

Review:

"Fans of WWII espionage will relish Jackson’s portrait of the White Rabbit."  —Publishers Weekly

About this edition

• Publisher: The History Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0752467484
• ISBN 13: 9780752467481
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224