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The Resource Madame Fourcade's secret war : the daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler, Lynne Olson

Madame Fourcade's secret war : the daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler, Lynne Olson

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Author
Summary
In 1941 Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, lifelong rebel against her country's conservative, patriarchal society, became the leader of a vast intelligence organization. Her group's name was Alliance, and used the names of animals as their aliases. Fourcade was Hedgehog: a tough little animal, unthreatening in appearance. The Gestapo pursued them relentlessly, capturing, torturing, and executing hundreds of its three thousand agents. Captured twice by the Nazis, she escaped and continued to hold her network together. Olson tells the fascinating story of a woman who stood up for her nation, her fellow citizens, and herself. -- adapted from jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxiv, 428 pages
Contents
  • 1936-1942. Leaping into the unknown ; The chaos of defeat ; Fighting back ; Spying in Marseille ; The birth of Alliance ; Danger in Paris ; Taking command ; A network in peril ; The mailbag ; The return of Léon Faye ; A game of wits ; "An undisputed leader" ; "Sitting on a barrel of gunpowder" ; The traitor ; A general escapes ; Captured ; Operation Attila ; "Down go the U-boats"
  • 1943-1944. On the run ; The tinderbox of Lyon ; High anxiety ; "Here you are at last!" ; "The most remarkable girl of her generation" ; Pink heather ; Calamity ; Captives ; The map ; Going home
  • 1944-1945. Caught in the net ; Liberation and beyond ; "Hail Mary, full of grace" ; The road to Gethsemane
Isbn
9780812994766
Instance
Label
Madame Fourcade's secret war : the daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler
Title
Madame Fourcade's secret war
Title remainder
the daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler
Statement of responsibility
Lynne Olson
Title variation
Daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
In 1941 Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, lifelong rebel against her country's conservative, patriarchal society, became the leader of a vast intelligence organization. Her group's name was Alliance, and used the names of animals as their aliases. Fourcade was Hedgehog: a tough little animal, unthreatening in appearance. The Gestapo pursued them relentlessly, capturing, torturing, and executing hundreds of its three thousand agents. Captured twice by the Nazis, she escaped and continued to hold her network together. Olson tells the fascinating story of a woman who stood up for her nation, her fellow citizens, and herself. -- adapted from jacket
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Olson, Lynne
Dewey number
  • 940.54/8644092
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • portraits
Index
index present
Language note
Text in English
LC call number
D810.S8
LC item number
O4765 2019
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Fourcade, Marie-Madeleine
  • Fourcade, Marie-Madeleine
  • World War (1939-1945)
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Spies
  • Women spies
  • Spies
  • Women spies
  • Espionage, British
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Espionage, British
  • Secret service
  • Spies
  • Underground movements, War
  • Women
  • Women spies
  • France
  • Great Britain
  • HISTORY / Military / World War II
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage
Label
Madame Fourcade's secret war : the daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler, Lynne Olson
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-405) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
1936-1942. Leaping into the unknown ; The chaos of defeat ; Fighting back ; Spying in Marseille ; The birth of Alliance ; Danger in Paris ; Taking command ; A network in peril ; The mailbag ; The return of Léon Faye ; A game of wits ; "An undisputed leader" ; "Sitting on a barrel of gunpowder" ; The traitor ; A general escapes ; Captured ; Operation Attila ; "Down go the U-boats" -- 1943-1944. On the run ; The tinderbox of Lyon ; High anxiety ; "Here you are at last!" ; "The most remarkable girl of her generation" ; Pink heather ; Calamity ; Captives ; The map ; Going home -- 1944-1945. Caught in the net ; Liberation and beyond ; "Hail Mary, full of grace" ; The road to Gethsemane
Control code
on1060184003
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxiv, 428 pages
Isbn
9780812994766
Lccn
2018049180
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)1060184003
Label
Madame Fourcade's secret war : the daring young woman who led France's largest spy network against Hitler, Lynne Olson
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-405) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
1936-1942. Leaping into the unknown ; The chaos of defeat ; Fighting back ; Spying in Marseille ; The birth of Alliance ; Danger in Paris ; Taking command ; A network in peril ; The mailbag ; The return of Léon Faye ; A game of wits ; "An undisputed leader" ; "Sitting on a barrel of gunpowder" ; The traitor ; A general escapes ; Captured ; Operation Attila ; "Down go the U-boats" -- 1943-1944. On the run ; The tinderbox of Lyon ; High anxiety ; "Here you are at last!" ; "The most remarkable girl of her generation" ; Pink heather ; Calamity ; Captives ; The map ; Going home -- 1944-1945. Caught in the net ; Liberation and beyond ; "Hail Mary, full of grace" ; The road to Gethsemane
Control code
on1060184003
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxiv, 428 pages
Isbn
9780812994766
Lccn
2018049180
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)1060184003

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