The women who lived for danger
Subtitle: the women agents of SOE in the Second World War
By: Marcus Binney.
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
Subjects: Great Britain. Special Operations Executive -- Biography.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Great Britain.; Women intelligence officers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
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: Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-366) and index.