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03435aam a22006258i 4500 001 4CA3FCAAAAE011EAB9A2E32697128E48 003 SILO 005 20200815010218 008 200109s2020 nyu b 001 0beng 010 $a 2019053511 020 $a 039363518X 020 $a 9780393635188 035 $a (OCoLC)1120097869 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d GK8 $d OCL $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a D802.F8 $b K4856 2020 082 00 $a 940.54/8641092 $2 23 100 1 $a Magida, Arthur J., $e author. 245 10 $a Code name Madeleine : $b a Sufi spy in Nazi-occupied Paris / $c Arthur J. Magida. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, N.Y. : $b W. W. Norton & Company, $c [2020] 300 $a 324 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "The dramatic story of Noor Inayat Khan, secret agent for the British in occupied France. During the critical summer months of 1943, Noor Inayat Khan was the only wireless operator transmitting secret messages from Nazi-occupied France to the Special Operations Executive in England. She was a most unlikely spy. As the daughter of an Indian mystic, raised in a household devoted to peaceful reflection on the outskirts of Paris, Khan did not seem destined for wartime heroism. Yet, faced with the evils of Nazism, she could not look away. She volunteered to help the British; was trained in espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance; and returned to France under cover of night with a new identity and a code name: Madeleine. Khan transmitted countless details crucial to the Allies' success on D-Day, until she was captured and imprisoned by the Gestapo. She attempted two daring escapes before being sent to prison in Germany. Three months after the Allied invasion of France, she was executed at Dachau. Her last word was "liberteÌ.""-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Khan, Noor Inayat, $d 1914-1944. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Secret service $z Great Britain $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women spies $z Great Britain $v Biography. 650 0 $a Radio operators $z France $v Biography. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Underground movements $z France. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Prisoners and prisons, German. 600 17 $a Khan, Noor Inayat, $d 1914-1944. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01828587 650 7 $a Radio operators. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01087419 650 7 $a Secret service. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01110661 650 7 $a Underground movements, War. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01355184 650 7 $a Women spies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01178571 651 7 $a France. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204289 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 648 7 $a 1939-1945 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 11 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409035149.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909061012.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20220806013603.0 952 $l XAPE737 $d 20210105041620.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20201103012400.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20200929010305.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200902012418.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20200829015504.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200806023914.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20200623011159.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20200610030312.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4CA3FCAAAAE011EAB9A2E32697128E48 994 $a Z0 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search