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In the early 1930s, Nancy Wake was a young woman enjoying a bohemian life in Paris. By the end of the Second World War, she was the Gestapo's most wanted person. But Nancy was a passionate enemy of the Nazis and refused to stay away.

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The number one bestselling biography of Australia's greatest war heroine - over 84 000 copies sold in its first two formats. In the early 1930s Nancy Wake was a young woman enjoying a bohemian life in Paris. By the end of the Second World War she was the Gestapo's most wanted person. As a naive young journalist Nancy Wake witnessed a horrific scene of Nazi violence in a Viennese street. From that moment she declared that she would do everything in her power to rid Europe of the Nazis. What began as a courier job here and there became a highly successful escape network for Allied soldiers perfectly camouflaged by Nancy's high-society life in Marseille. Her network was soon so successful - and so notorious - that she was forced to flee France to escape the Gestapo who had dubbed her 'the white mouse' for her knack of slipping through its traps. But Nancy was a passionate enemy of the Nazis and refused to stay away. Supplying weapons and training members of a powerful underground fighting force organising Allied parachute drops cycling four hundred kilometres across a mountain range to find a new transmitting radio - nothing seemed too difficult in her fight against the Nazis. Peter FitzSimons reveals Nancy Wake's compelling story a tale of an ordinary woman doing extraordinary things.

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Publisher
Harpercollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
ISBN-13
9780732274566
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95867952

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Author
Peter Fitzsimons
Publication Name
Nancy Wake Biography
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Government
Publication Year
2002
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
400 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
199mm
Item Width
127mm
Item Weight
448g

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Title_Author
Peter Fitzsimons
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Country/Region of Manufacture
Australia

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item 1 Nancy Wake Biography by Peter FitzSimons (Paperback, 2002)
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item 2 Nancy Wake a Biography of Our Greatest War Heroine paperback by Peter Fitzsimons
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item 3 Nancy Wake: A Biography of Our Greatest War Heroine by Peter FitzSimons, PB 2001
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item 5 Nancy Wake by Peter Fitzsimons sc Biography of our Greatest War Heroine
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item 6 Nancy Wake a Biography of Our Greatest War Heroine paperback by Peter Fitzsimons
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5 out of 5 stars
by woogieswear05 Jul, 2012
Real Aussie Hero - a must read, inpsiring, moving, a national treasure
Why i bought this book?? If you are patriotic, feel there is alack of REAL Aussie heroes, and lament the pathetic, baseless, self absorbed and self concerned role models the media thrusts forth - READ ON I bought this text (amongst many others i have of the same genre), because it is a true story about a real person, who is a real hero. A hero, in my opinion, has and manifests certain qualities - selflessness, self-sacrificing, serving their fellow to their own detriment, pursing a belief for no other reason than sheer conviction and committment to social justice. Very few people fit this category. We have a number of them - real Aussies - the tragedy is that very few people know of them. Read this book - it reads like an Alistair Maclean thriller - which it is - but it all actually happened. Some of our other heroes are: Albert Coates, John Monash (i am absolutely stupefied just how many people know not who he was, and how little is known of him), Fred Hollows - what a human rights champion he was - in action , NOT in word. There are many others - go and find them and read about them.Read full review
5 out of 5 stars
by 429812ar06 Aug, 2020
Nancy Wake
This was bought as a gift, however I am confident the book will be well written and reflect much of what Nancy Wake achieved in life.
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4 out of 5 stars
by marineelectroni...08 Sep, 2016
Great product
This is a great book and should be read by everyone. A compelling story that makes you question your priorities in life
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5 out of 5 stars
by des_562125 Feb, 2021
Australia’s bravest and best.
One of Australia’s finest daughters whose bravery was above and beyond our finest. Never given the recognition that Nancy deserved.
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