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Author:

Loftis, Larry.

Title:

Code name: Lise : the true story of the woman who became WWII's most highly decorated spy / Larry Loftis.

Edition:

First Gallery Books hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Gallery Books,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xxi, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Odette,--1912-1995.
Spies--Great Britain--Biography.
Women spies--Great Britain--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-350) and index.

Contents:

Dramatis personae -- Preface -- Prologue -- Duty -- Jinxed -- Mission to Marseille -- The briefcase -- Control -- The kiss -- Pearl of the French Alps -- Grand Duke -- Lifeless -- The beam -- They will send for you -- Tick, tick -- The Black Hollow -- Viennese waltzes -- All my love -- Lily of the valley -- The bunker -- The slaughter -- Still warm -- Pierre -- Hunting the hunter -- Fanning the damned -- Completing the loop -- Epilogue -- Appendix: the SOE official history affair.

Summary:

"The extraordinary true story of Odette Sansom, the British spy who operated in occupied France and fell in love with her commanding officer during World War II--perfect for fans of Unbroken, The Boys in the Boat, and Code Girls."--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1501198653
9781501198656 (hardcover : alk. paper) :

LCCN:

2018028438

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