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20%OFFCarole Seymour-Jones - She Landed By Moonlight: The Story of Secret Agent Pearl Witherington: the ´real Charlotte Gray´ - 9781444724622 - V9781444724622
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She Landed By Moonlight: The Story of Secret Agent Pearl Witherington: the ´real Charlotte Gray´

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Description for She Landed By Moonlight: The Story of Secret Agent Pearl Witherington: the ´real Charlotte Gray´ Paperback. The gripping account of World War Two's legendary heroine, who risked her life to save her country and her lover. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 302.

On the night of the 22 September 1943 Pearl Witherington, a twenty-nine-year-old British secretary and agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), was parachuted from a Halifax bomber into Occupied France. Like Sebastian Faulks' heroine, Charlotte Gray, Pearl had a dual mission: to fight for her beloved, broken France and to find her lost love. Pearl's lover was a Parisian parfumier turned soldier, Henri Cornioley, who had been taken prisoner while serving in the French Logistics Corps and subsequently escaped from his German POW camp.

Agent Pearl Witherington's wartime record is unique and heroic. As the only woman ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444724622
SKU
V9781444724622
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Carole Seymour-Jones
Carole Seymour-Jones was born in Wales. She was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize for her biography of Vivienne Eliot, first wife of TS Eliot. Her most recent biography of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, A Dangerous Liaison, received widespread acclaim. Carole is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Surrey, and former Deputy President and chair of the ... Read more

Reviews for She Landed By Moonlight: The Story of Secret Agent Pearl Witherington: the ´real Charlotte Gray´
The truth is that Sebastian Faulk's novel...stands on its own, but so does She Landed by Moonlight, the long-awaited biography that Agent Pearl deserves.
The Times
Dialogue is recreated, scenes are set and we are given a character's thoughts, feelings and reactions. Pearl's story [is] so well-documented and her exploits so extraordinary.
Independent Book of the Week ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for She Landed By Moonlight: The Story of Secret Agent Pearl Witherington: the ´real Charlotte Gray´


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