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Sisters, secrets and sacrifice : a true story

Ottaway, Susan. (Author).

Summary: The true story of Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne who were agents for the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War, working undercover in Nazi-occupied France to send crucial intelligence to the Allies. The war dealt the sisters a cruel hand. While Jacqueline narrowly evaded capture, Eileen was arrested and tortured by the Gestapo before being incarcerated in Ravensbruck concentration camp. She was only 23.

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  • ISBN: 9780007493050 (pbk.) :
  • Physical Description: print
    xi, 324 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: London : Harper, c2013.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Nearne, Eileen
Nearne, Jacqueline
Great Britain. -- Special Operations Executive.
Radio operators -- Great Britain -- Biography
Women spies -- Great Britain -- Biography
Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain -- Biography

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at South Interlake Regional Library.

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Teulon Library 940.5486 OTTAWAY (Text) 3678685646 Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -

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