During WW II 400 + agents were sent to France, many did not return, including 12 young women. When hostilities ended Vera Atkins, who worked for the Special Operation Executive's French section, made it her mission to uncover their fate, a harrowing trail which led to Natzweiler, Ravensbrüch and Dachau. This book traces that mission but also sets out to unravel the roots of Vera Atkins herself, a woman who deliberately shrouded herself in mystery.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 43 December 2007 ) |
