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020 _a9781447237020 (pbk.) :
_cGBP8.45
100 1 _aRIOLS Noreen
245 _aSecret ministry of AG. & Fish :
_bmy life in Churchill's school for spies /
_cNoreen Riols.
260 _aLondon :
_bPan Books,
_c2014.
300 _ax, 304 pages ; 20 cm.
504 _aAlso issued online.
520 _aIt was 1941 and, just before her 18th birthday, Noreen received her call-up papers, and was faced with either working in a munitions factory or joining the WRENS. She opted for the WRENS, but when one of her interviewers realized she spoke fluent French, she was directed to a government building on Baker Street. It was SOE headquarters, where she was immediately recruited into F-Section. For the next four years, Noreen worked with Colonel Maurice Buckmaster and her fellow operatives to support the French Resistance.
650 _aGREAT BRITAIN
_xSPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE
650 _aWOMEN INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS
_xGREAT BRITAIN
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