{"product_id":"the-last-secret-agent-9781800962798","title":"The Last Secret Agent","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch1\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Vivid, honest, inspiring and sometimes shocking, Pippa Latour''s memoir shows how right the SOE were to assess her as having ''tons of guts'' -CLARE MULLEY, author of \u003ci\u003eAgent Zo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A rare glimpse into the life of the last surviving SOE agent to have seen action behind enemy lines in France. Pippa''s story is one of immense courage and personal sacrifice... a truly gripping and remarkable wartime service.'' -HELEN FRY, author of \u003ci\u003eWomen in Intelligence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Vivid and vibrant. Pippa''s words echo with resonance across the pages, punctuated with historical context and fact.'' -KATE VIGURS, author of \u003ci\u003eMission France\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e''You know you can change your mind, don''t you? Even now. Even when you are halfway across the English Channel. Any time before you jump.''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e''Yes, I know,'' I quickly reassured her, ''and I won''t.''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn June 1940, a covert new force - the Special Operations Executive (SOE) - was set up to wage a secret war. Its agents were tasked with sabotage and subversion behind enemy lines, and over the course of the next five years, 470 special agents would be sent into France. Only 26 female SOE agents would return. None before have told their story in their own words. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the astounding true story of Phyllis Pippa Latour, the last surviving SOE agent. Born in 1921, Pippa''s was an unusual childhood, followed by an even more extraordinary early adult life as she was parachuted into France aged 23. Incredibly brave, she travelled around the rural French countryside, concealing her codes in a hair tie and her Morse key underneath her bicycle seat, and sending crucial information back to Britain in the lead-up to D-Day. More than once she came frighteningly close to being discovered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor decades, Pippa told no one - not even her family - of her incredible feats. Now for the first time, her story can be told in full.","brand":"Octopus Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360140001623,"sku":"9781800962798","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800962798.jpg?v=1754126786","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-last-secret-agent-9781800962798","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}