I had hoped for a fast paced, intriguing story about Nancy Wake and her operations during the war. Fiocca than the Germans invade France and she takes yet another name: a code name. No sooner does Henri sweep Nancy off her feet and convince her to become Mrs. She is fighting to cover the disturbing reports of violence coming out of Vienna and Berlin when she meets the wealthy French industrialist Henri Fiocca. It is 1936 and Nancy Wake is an intrepid Australian expat living in Paris who has bluffed her way into a reporting job for Hearst newspaper. From the blurb of the book you know that : This is the first book that I have read by this author. I have read quite a few about WWII and even WWI, though those women are not as well recognized. Historical fiction is my favorite genre and I love books and movies about women spies. And finally, with mission in hand, Nancy is airdropped back into France as the deadly MADAM ANDRÉ, where she claims her place as one of the most powerful leaders in the French Resistance, armed with a ferocious wit, her signature red lipstick, and the ability to summon weapons straight from the Allied Forces.īut no one can protect Nancy if the enemy finds out these four women are one and the same, and the closer to liberation France gets, the more exposed she-and the people she loves-become.
When she enters training with the Special Operations Executives in Britain, her new comrades are instructed to call her HÉLÈNE. With a five million franc bounty on her head, Nancy is forced to escape France and leave Henri behind.
Her success and her remarkable ability to evade capture earns her the nickname THE WHITE MOUSE from the Gestapo. Fiocca than the Germans invade France and she takes yet another name: a code name.Īs LUCIENNE CARLIER Nancy smuggles people and documents across the border. It is 1936 and Nancy Wake is an intrepid Australian expat living in Paris who has bluffed her way into a reporting job for Hearst newspaper when she meets the wealthy French industrialist Henri Fiocca. Told in interweaving timelines organized around the four code names Nancy used during the war, Code Name Hélène is a spellbinding and moving story of enduring love, remarkable sacrifice and unfaltering resolve that chronicles the true exploits of a woman who deserves to be a household name.
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