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Lindell´s List: Saving British and American Women at Ravensbruck
Peter Hore
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Description for Lindell´s List: Saving British and American Women at Ravensbruck
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Already a decorated heroine of the First World War, British-born Mary Lindell, Comtesse de Milleville, was one of the most colourful and courageous agents of the Second World War, yet her story has almost been forgotten. Evoking the spirit of Edith Cavell, and taking the German occupation of Paris in 1940 as a personal affront, she led an escape line for patriotic Frenchmen and British soldiers. After imprisonment, escape to England, a secret return to France and another arrest, she began to witness the horrors of German-run prisons and concentration camps. In April 1945, ... Read more
Already a decorated heroine of the First World War, British-born Mary Lindell, Comtesse de Milleville, was one of the most colourful and courageous agents of the Second World War, yet her story has almost been forgotten. Evoking the spirit of Edith Cavell, and taking the German occupation of Paris in 1940 as a personal affront, she led an escape line for patriotic Frenchmen and British soldiers. After imprisonment, escape to England, a secret return to France and another arrest, she began to witness the horrors of German-run prisons and concentration camps. In April 1945, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750966214
SKU
V9780750966214
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3
About Peter Hore
Peter Hore is an award-winning author and journalist. He served a full career in the Royal Navy and is now a Daily Telegraph obituary writer and biographer. He is the author of HMS Pickle, Nelson s Band of Brothers, and other works. In 2011 he was elected fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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