Her finest hour : the heroic life of Diana Rowden, wartime secret agent
McDonald, Gabrielle2018
Books, Manuscripts
Diana Rowden was a woman of the finest character. As an agent with the Special Operations Executive (SOE), she was dropped into France alongside Noor Inayat Khan and worked in the Resistance stronghold of the Franche-Comte department. Hunted at every turn by the Gestapo, Diana worked tirelessly for the Allied war effort, sabotaging the Nazi-requisitioned Peugeot factory and providing the British military with frequent radio messages. In the ultimate tale of intrigue, Gabrielle McDonald-Rothwell relates how Diana's escapades ended up in betrayal by one of her own colleagues, and the final desperation of the concentration camps - murdered by her captors with the end of the war in sight.
Main title:
Her finest hour : the heroic life of Diana Rowden, wartime secret agent / Gabrielle McDonald-Rothwell.
Author:
McDonald, Gabrielle, author
Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2018.
Collation:
xx, 300 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2017.Includes QR code.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781445677163 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.5486092940.548609
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2652876