Airey Neave

Little Cyclone (eBook, ePUB)

The Girl who Started the Comet Line

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The exhilarating true story of the greatest escape route of the Second World War On a hot afternoon in August 1941, a 24-year-old Belgian woman walks into the British consulate in Bilbao, neutral Spain, and demands to see the consul. She presents him with a British soldier she has smuggled all the way from Brussels, through Occupied France and over the Pyrenees. It is a journey she will make countless times thereafter, at unthinkable danger to her own life. Her name is Andrée de Jongh, though she will come to be known as the 'Little Cyclone' in tribute to her extraordinary courage and tenacity. And she is an inspiration. From nursing wounded Allied servicemen, de Jongh will go on to establish the most famous escape line of the Second World War, saving the lives of more than 800 airmen and soldiers stranded behind enemy lines. The risks, however, will be enormous. The cost, unspeakably tragic. Her story is shot through with the constant terror of discovery and interception - of late-night knocks at the door, of disastrous moonlit river crossings, Gestapo infiltrators, firing squads and concentration camps. It is also a classic true story of fear overcome by giddying bravery. Originally published shortly after the war, Little Cyclone is a mesmerising tale of the best of humanity in the most unforgiving circumstances: a remarkable and inspiring account to rival the most dramatic of thrillers. Royalties from the sale of this book will go to the Airey Neave Trust.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Biteback Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781785900280
• Artikelnr.: 44664828

Autorenporträt

Airey Neave estate represents former MP assassinated by IRA

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction ix
Foreword xiii
Author's Note xix
Prologue xxi
1. Dédée 1
2. Tante Go 6
3. Paul 14
4. En Route 23
5. Florentino 32
6. Nemo 44
7. Rue Oudinot 53
8. Avenue Voltaire 62
9. Peggy 74
10. Urrugne 83
11. Villa Chagrin 92
12. Cantine Suédoise 105
13. 'B' Johnson 119
14. Jean Masson 130
15. Casernes d'Etterbeek 141
16. Franco 148
17. Jacques Cartier 159
18. Tail of the Comet 169
Epilogue 181
Members of the Comet Line killed in action 185