The women who lived for danger
Subtitle: the women agents of SOE in the Second World War
By: Marcus Binney
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Chivers Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780754019367
Subjects: Biography; World War, 1939-1945; Secret service; Women; Women intelligence officers; Great Britain. Special Operations Executive; Great Britain
Description: In World War II, 37 women were dropped in occupied France to work as Special Operations Executive agents. This is the story of eight of these female agents, all from civilian life, who volunteered for a life of resistance work, undercover operations and a constant fear of discovery.
Notes: Originally published: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A note on SOE; title: 1. Recruitment and training; title: 2. An agent's life; title: 3. Christina Granville; title: 4. Virginia Hall; title: 5. Lise de Baissac; title: 6. Noor Inayat Khan; title: 7. Pearl Witherington; title: 8. Paddy O'Sullivan; title: 9. Violette Szabo; title: 10. Marguerite "Peggy" Knight; title: 11. Paola Del Din; title: 12. Alix d'Unienville.