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‘A thrilling narrative that creates an extraordinary picture of female resistance’ The Lady
‘Fascinating’ Kavita Puri, BBC History Magazine
‘A fierce, intense picture of this aspect of the war . . . it will stay with me’ Elizabeth Buchan, author of Two Women in Rome

On the evening of 31 March 1916, a 23-year-old woman was led from her prison cell in occupied Brussels. She wore a long blue coat and walked ‘like a soldier’. The chaplain asked if she would like a blindfold before her execution. ‘I am not afraid of looking into the rifles,’ she replied. ‘I have been expecting this for a long time.’
 
This is not a traditional history of the First World War. It is the untold story of the women of the resistance in Belgium and occupied France during that conflict.  
 
Rick Stroud describes how the actions of eight ex

I Am Not Afraid of Looking into the Rifles

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      Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
      Publication Date: 2/29/2024
      ISBN13: 9781398507067, 978-1398507067
      ISBN10: 1398507067
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ‘A thrilling narrative that creates an extraordinary picture of female resistance’ The Lady
      ‘Fascinating’ Kavita Puri, BBC History Magazine
      ‘A fierce, intense picture of this aspect of the war . . . it will stay with me’ Elizabeth Buchan, author of Two Women in Rome

      On the evening of 31 March 1916, a 23-year-old woman was led from her prison cell in occupied Brussels. She wore a long blue coat and walked ‘like a soldier’. The chaplain asked if she would like a blindfold before her execution. ‘I am not afraid of looking into the rifles,’ she replied. ‘I have been expecting this for a long time.’
       
      This is not a traditional history of the First World War. It is the untold story of the women of the resistance in Belgium and occupied France during that conflict.  
       
      Rick Stroud describes how the actions of eight ex

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