Code Name Helene : Inspired by true events, a gripping WW2 story by the bestselling author of THE FROZEN RIVER

Ariel Lawhon

ISBN 10: 1472275365 / ISBN 13: 9781472275363

Published by Headline Publishing Group Feb 2021, 2021

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Neuware - A gripping, heartrending novel based on the astonishing true story of wartime spy Nancy Wake, by New York Times bestselling author Ariel Lawhon.

Seller Inventory # 9781472275363

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Code Name Helene : Inspired by true events, a gripping WW2 story by the bestselling author of THE FROZEN RIVER
• Publisher: Headline Publishing Group Feb 2021
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472275365
• ISBN 13: 9781472275363
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 191W x 129H x 37D millimeters 191 millimeters width by 129 millimeters height by 37 millimeters depth
• Weight: 329 grams

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Synopsis

Told in interweaving timelines organized around the four code names Nancy used during the war, Code Name Hélène is a spellbinding and moving story of enduring love, remarkable sacrifice and unfaltering resolve that chronicles the true exploits of a woman who deserves to be a household name.
It is 1936 and Nancy Wake is an intrepid Australian expat living in Paris who has bluffed her way into a reporting job for Hearst newspaper when she meets the wealthy French industrialist Henri Fiocca. No sooner does Henri sweep Nancy off her feet and convince her to become Mrs. Fiocca than the Germans invade France and she takes yet another name: a code name.
As LUCIENNE CARLIER Nancy smuggles people and documents across the border. Her success and her remarkable ability to evade capture earns her the nickname THE WHITE MOUSE from the Gestapo. With a five million franc bounty on her head, Nancy is forced to escape France and leave Henri behind. When she enters training with the Special Operations Executives in Britain, her new comrades are instructed to call her HÉLÈNE. And finally, with mission in hand, Nancy is airdropped back into France as the deadly MADAM ANDRÉ, where she claims her place as one of the most powerful leaders in the French Resistance, armed with a ferocious wit, her signature red lipstick, and the ability to summon weapons straight from the Allied Forces.
But no one can protect Nancy if the enemy finds out these four women are one and the same, and the closer to liberation France gets, the more exposed she--and the people she loves--become.