Code name Madeleine : a Sufi spy in Nazi-occupied Paris / Arthur J. Magida.
"The dramatic story of Noor Inayat Khan, secret agent for the British in occupied France. During the critical summer months of 1943, Noor Inayat Khan was the only wireless operator transmitting secret messages from Nazi-occupied France to the Special Operations Executive in England. She was a most unlikely spy. As the daughter of an Indian mystic, raised in a household devoted to peaceful reflection on the outskirts of Paris, Khan did not seem destined for wartime heroism. Yet, faced with the evils of Nazism, she could not look away. She volunteered to help the British; was trained in espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance; and returned to France under cover of night with a new identity and a code name: Madeleine. Khan transmitted countless details crucial to the Allies' success on D-Day, until she was captured and imprisoned by the Gestapo. She attempted two daring escapes before being sent to prison in Germany. Three months after the Allied invasion of France, she was executed at Dachau. Her last word was "liberté.""-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780393635188
- ISBN: 039363518X
- Physical Description: 324 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : W. W. Norton & Company, [2020]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Genre: | Biography. Biographies. |
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Allentown Public Library | 940.54 MAGI (Text) | 34455006708214 | Adult Nonfiction 1st FL | Available | - |
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