Code Name Pauline: Memoirs of a World War II Special Agent

Code Name Pauline: Memoirs of a World War II Special Agent (Women of Action)

Pearl Witherington Cornioley, one of the most celebrated female World War II resistance fighters, shares her remarkable story in this firsthand account of her experience as a special agent for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE). Told through a series of reminiscencesâ€”from a difficult childhood spent in the shadow of World War I and her familyâ€™s harrowing escape from France as the Germans approached in 1940 to her recruitment and training as a special agent and the logistics of parachuting into a remote rural area of occupied France and hiding inÂ a wheat fieldÂ from enemy fireâ€”each chapter also includes helpful opening remarks to provide context and background on the SOE and the French Resistance. With an annotated list of key figures, an appendixÂ of original unedited interview extractsâ€”including Pearlâ€™s fiancÃ© Henriâ€™s storyâ€”and fascinating photographs and documents from Pearlâ€™s personal collection, this memoir will captivate World War II buffs of any age.
Country USA
Manufacturer Chicago Review Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-08-01
Format Kindle eBook

Code Name Pauline: Memoirs of a World War II Special Agent (Women of Action)