Code Name Madeleine - A Sufi Spy in Nazi-Occupied Paris

During the critical summer months of 1943, Noor Inayat Khan was the only wireless operator transmitting secret messages from Nazi-occupied France to the Special Operations Executive in Britain. As the daughter of an Indian mystic, brought up in a household devoted to peaceful reflection on the outskirts of Paris, Khan did not seem destined for wartime heroism. Yet, faced with the evils of Nazism, she volunteered to help the British; was trained in espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance; and returned to France with a new identity.Khan transmitted details crucial to the Allies' success on D-Day, until she was captured and imprisoned by the Gestapo. She attempted two escapes before being sent to Germany. Three months after the Allied invasion of France, she was executed at Dachau. Her last word was "liberte".

Product details

• Authors: Arthur J Magida, Arthur J. Magida, Magida Arthur J.
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9780393867558
• ISBN: 978-0-393-86755-8
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Biography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, HISTORY / Women, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, Second World War, Espionage & secret services, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Espionage and secret services, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General