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.