Title::
The Paris girl : the young woman who outwitted the Nazis and became a WWII hero
First Author value, for Searching:
White, Francelle Bradford, author.
General Note:
"Originally published in the UK as Andrée's War by Elliott and Thompson"--Title page verso.
Format:
Book
Abstract:
Written by her own daughter, this biography chronicles the astonishing courage Andrée Griotteray, a teenage girl in Nazi-occupied Paris who would become a hero of the French Resistance through her harrowing work as an underground intelligence courier.
Contents:
Introduction -- An acknowledgement -- The making of a resistance fighter -- War! -- The evacuation of Paris -- Life under occupation -- A first rebellion -- A life well lived -- Fighting back -- Working against the enemy -- Taking risks -- A dangerous affair -- The birth of Orion -- Courage -- Imperilled -- The Allied landing in North Africa -- Arrest -- Escape -- Illness -- Betrayal -- Secret agent -- Gold -- The cyanide option -- The brothel -- The arrest -- The cat with nine lives -- Liberation! -- Life after liberation -- A just reward -- Epilogue -- Intelligence gathering in France -- A notes on the French resistance -- Bibliography and sources -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
Subject:
| World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Biography. |
| Spies -- France -- Biography. |
| Women spies -- France -- Biography. |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France. |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- France. |
| Espions -- France -- Biographies. |
| Espionnes -- France -- Biographies. |
| Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Mouvements de résistance -- France. |
| Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Femmes -- France. |
| Biographies. |
| Griotteray, Andree. |
Summary:
Written by her own daughter, this biography chronicles the astonishing courage Andrée Griotteray, a teenage girl in Nazi-occupied Paris who would become a hero of the French Resistance through her harrowing work as an underground intelligence courier.
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