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Code Name: Lise

The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy

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Code Name: Lise

De : Larry Loftis
Lu par : Kate Reading
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National Best Seller
A Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist
Florida Book Awards Silver Medalist
Featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Time, New York Newsday, and on Today!
Best Nonfiction Books to Read in 2019 - Woman’s Day
The Best Nonfiction Books Coming Out This Year - BookBub
“A nonfiction thriller.” (The Wall Street Journal)

From New York Times and international best-selling author of the “gripping” (Michael Connelly, number-one New York Times best-selling author) Into the Lion’s Mouth comes the extraordinary true story of Odette Sansom, the British spy who operated in occupied France and fell in love with her commanding officer during World War II - perfect for fans of Unbroken, The Nightingale, and Code Girls.

The year is 1942, and World War II is in full swing. Odette Sansom decides to follow in her war hero father’s footsteps by becoming an SOE agent to aid Britain and her beloved homeland, France. Five failed attempts and one plane crash later, she finally lands in occupied France to begin her mission. It is here that she meets her commanding officer, Captain Peter Churchill.

As they successfully complete mission after mission, Peter and Odette fall in love. All the while, they are being hunted by the cunning German secret police sergeant, Hugo Bleicher, who finally succeeds in capturing them. They are sent to Paris’s Fresnes prison, and from there to concentration camps in Germany where they are starved, beaten, and tortured. But in the face of despair, they never give up hope, their love for each other, or the whereabouts of their colleagues.

In Code Name: Lise, Larry Loftis paints a portrait of true courage, patriotism, and love - of two incredibly heroic people who endured unimaginable horrors and degradations. He seamlessly weaves together the touching romance between Odette and Peter and the thrilling cat and mouse game between them and Sergeant Bleicher. With this amazing testament to the human spirit, Loftis proves once again that he is adept at writing “nonfiction that reads like a page-turning novel” (Parade).

©2019 Larry Loftis (P)2019 Simon & Schuster Femmes Militaire
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    Having parents and older siblings who lived in London during the war and having lived in France for many years I am extremely interested in stories relating to this period, in particular of agents in France and the Resistance. I enjoyed immensely " Madame Fourcade's Secret War" and "A Woman of No Importance" . I felt that I had come to know them and can only hail their extreme courage and contribution to the war.
    In the story of Lise this was not the case. There was very little about her work before she was captured although we were told that she was a courier and not involved in sabotage.
    The accounts of the concentration camps, which we know were horrendous I felt were too graphic.
    The narrator's voice was pleasant to listen to but the inclusion of the notes, "note" "end note" I found irritating.
    I would not recommend it.

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