![]() But the closer France gets to liberation, the more exposed Nancy - and the people she loves - will become. Then, when she returns to France, she is the deadly Madame Andrée. She becomes Hélène when she leaves France to train in espionage with an elite special forces group in London. The Gestapo call her the White Mouse for her remarkable ability to evade capture when smuggling Allied soldiers across borders. This was amazing, depressing, heart wrenching, hopeful, so many things I loved it with a passion, and it is now one of my favorite books that Ive read. No sooner has Nancy met, fallen in love with and agreed to marry French industrialist Henri Fiocca, than the Germans invade France and force her to take on her first code name of many. ![]() ![]() In 1936, foreign correspondent, Nancy Wake, witnesses first-hand the terror of Hitler's rise in Europe. Told in interweaving timelines organized around the four code names Nancy used during the war, Code Name Hélène is a spellbinding and moving story of enduring love, remarkable sacrifice and unfaltering resolve that chronicles the true exploits of a woman who deserves to be a household name. Inspired by true wartime events, Code Name Hélène is a gripping and moving story of extraordinary courage, unfaltering resolve, remarkable sacrifice - and enduring love. ![]()
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