Her Finest Hour: The Heroic Life of Diana Rowden, Wartime Secret Agent
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (815 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1445661640 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Gabrielle McDonald-Rothwell is the author of The Sunken Garden, New Zealand’s Secret Heroes, and The Man with Nine Lives.
A Must Read! This biography is a wonderful tribute to the very brave and courageous Diana Rowden, World War II secret agent for the SOE (Special Operations Executive). The author has obviously spent many years of meticulous research to record all the details of Diana’s life and the events during her time in England and France. It is at time. "Five Stars" according to Amazon Customer. A lire! très beau livre
Hunted at every turn by the Gestapo, Diana worked tirelessly for the Allied war effort, sabotaging the Nazi-requisitioned Peugeot factory and providing the British military with frequent radio messages. Although she was later mentioned in Dispatches and awarded an MBE and the Croix de Guerre, she has all but vanished from the annals of WWII history.. Diana Rowden was a woman of the finest character. This full biography, untold until now, attempts for the first time to honor Diana's service to her country. In the ultimate tale of intrigue, Gabrielle McDonald-Rothwell relates how Diana's escapades ended up in betrayal by one of her own colleagues, and the final desperation of the concentration camps—murdered by her captors with the end of the war in sight. As an agent with the Special Operations Executive (SOE), she was dropped into France alongside
About the AuthorGabrielle McDonald-Rothwell is the author of The Sunken Garden, New Zealand’s Secret Heroes, and The Man with Nine Lives.