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The Paris girl : the young woman who outwitted the Nazis and became a WWII hero / Francelle Bradford White.

Summary:

Written by her own daughter, this biography chronicles the astonishing courage Andrée Griotteray, a teenage girl in Nazi-occupied Paris who would become a hero of the French Resistance through her harrowing work as an underground intelligence courier.

Record details

ISBN: 9780806544298
ISBN: 0806544295
Physical Description: xiii, 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York, NY : Citadel Press/Kensington Publishing Corp., [2025]
Copyright: ©2025

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Originally published in the UK as Andrée's War by Elliott and Thompson"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-234) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- An acknowledgement -- The making of a resistance fighter -- War! -- The evacuation of Paris -- Life under occupation -- A first rebellion -- A life well lived -- Fighting back -- Working against the enemy -- Taking risks -- A dangerous affair -- The birth of Orion -- Courage -- Imperilled -- The Allied landing in North Africa -- Arrest -- Escape -- Illness -- Betrayal -- Secret agent -- Gold -- The cyanide option -- The brothel -- The arrest -- The cat with nine lives -- Liberation! -- Life after liberation -- A just reward -- Epilogue -- Intelligence gathering in France -- A notes on the French resistance -- Bibliography and sources -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- Index.