Return to the Field : A compulsive tale of bravery and betrayal in war-torn France - Softcover

Alexander Fullerton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0783802056 ISBN 13: 9780783802053

Publisher: G K Hall & Co, 1998

Synopsis

Book by Fullerton, Alexander

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Spring 1944. Rosie Ewing, a Resistance radio operator in Special Operations Executive, is returning to German-occupied France. She's carrying a radio, half a million francs, a pistol, and two cyanide capsules. Her destination is Finistère in northwest Brittany. D-Day is not far off, and the Maquis is still dangerously under-armed; part of her brief is to organize immediate para-drops of weaponry. There's also a chateau that's used as a resting place for U-boat crews and where naval top brass periodically gather; Bomber Command needs only a date and a few days notice. Rosie knows that the man who'll be meeting her on the ground tonight may be a traitor, that a frighteningly large number of agents have been arrested recently, and that the likely end of the road for women agents is Ravensbruck‹"l'enfer des femmes," the Resistance calls it. Nothing like a safe bet. But‹hold tight...

Review

³The most meticulously researched war novels I¹ve ever read.² -- Len Deighton

Edition details

• Publisher: G K Hall & Co
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0783802056
• ISBN 13: 9780783802053
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544