I Heard My Country Calling
Elaine Madden, the Unsung Heroine of SOE
After a tragic childhood among the Great War cemeteries of Flanders Fields, a troubled young woman searches for love and meaning in war-ravaged Europe. Elaine Madden's quest takes her from occupied Belgium through the chaos of Dunkirk, where she flees disguised as a British soldier, into the London Blitz, where she finally begins to discover herself. Recruited to T Section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) as a 'fast courier', she is parachuted back to the country of her birth to undertake a top-secret political mission and help speed its liberation from Nazi oppression.Elaine Madden never claimed to be a heroine, but her story proves…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7509-6649-8
- EAN: 9780750966498
- Produktnummer: 20007337
- Verlag: The History Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'443 KB
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After teaching English & Drama in a London comprehensive, Sue Elliott spent twenty-five years in broadcasting, where latterly she was in demand as a speech- and ghost-writer for senior TV executives. She has been a freelance writer since 2002 and had two non-fiction books published - the bestselling Love Child (Random House, 2005) and The Children Who Fought Hitler (John Murray, 2009).
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