She landed by moonlight : the story of secret agent Pearl Witherington / Carole Seymour-Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seymour-Jones, Carole, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cornioley, Pearl Witherington, 1914-2008.

Cornioley, Pearl Witherington.

Great Britain. Special Operations Executive.

Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.

Physical Description:

viii, 421 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2013.

Summary:

It took all her strength to breast the powerful human current and reach the other side of the road. Her mind was still numb with the shock of defeat, the speed with which her adopted country had collapsed. She had to make plans, but she had no French relatives with whom to take refuge, no family in the south. Her only asset was her diplomatic carte d'identité and her willpower; her only chance of escape was to follow the ambassador and, somehow, to cross the Channel to England. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Into the Field 3

2 Darkest Hour 17

3 The Longest Winter 33

4 Escape 43

5 Pearl 51

6 A Forbidden Romance 63

7 London At Last 73

8 The Baker Street Irregulars 81

9 First Flames 95

10 Enter 'Hector' 99

11 Heroes and Traitors 105

12 Churchill and SOE 113

13 Offering Death 121

14 The Prosper Disaster 139

15 Radio Games 145

16 Agent Marie 153

17 Henri 163

18 Explosions Arranged 181

19 Churchill to the Rescue 195

20 The Fall of Hector 209

21 Countdown to D-Day 223

22 Neptune's Trident 239

23 The Battle of Les Souches 255

24 Lieutenant Pauline 269

25 Into the Fray: The 2nd SS Panzer Division 'Das Reich' 285

26 Warrior Queen 397

27 Jedburgh 'Julian' 313

28 The Elster Column 327

29 Liberation 339

30 Postwar 347.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1444724606

9781444724608

OCLC:

855558962