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by Susan Ottaway


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The incredible true story of British special agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne, sisters who risked everything to fight for freedom during the Second World War. When elderly recluse Eileen Nearne died, few suspected that the quiet little old lady was a decorated WWII war hero. Volunteering to serve for British intelligence at age 21, Eileen was posted to Nazi-occupied France to send encoded messages of crucial importance for the Allies, until her capture by the Gestapo. Eileen was not the only agent in her family; her sister Jacqueline was a courier for the French resistance. While Jacqueline narrowly avoided arrest, Eileen was tortured by the Nazis, then sent to the infamous Ravensbrv ck women's concentration camp. Astonishingly, this resourceful young woman eventually escaped her captors and found her way to the advancing American army. In this amazing true story of triumph and tragedy, Susan Ottaway unveils the secret lives of two sisters who sacrificed themselves to defend their country.

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  • Title A Cool and Lonely Courage: The Untold Story of Sister Spies in Occupied France
  • Author Susan Ottaway
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1St Edition
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Little Brown and Company
  • Date 2014-09
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780316326988 / 0316326984
  • Weight 0.98 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.75 x 5.89 x 1.09 in (22.23 x 14.96 x 2.77 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Cultural Region: French
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014937389
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.548

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Citations

  • Kirkus Reviews, 08/01/2014, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 10/01/2014, Page 96
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/11/2014, Page 0

About the author

Susan Ottaway is the author of several books, including Violette Szabo: The Life That I Have, a biography of SOE agent Violette Szabo for which she personally interviewed Eileen Nearne. She has appeared on BBC television to be interviewed about her work, and she took part in the four-part television series for the Discovery History Channel entitled George Cross Heroes.
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