This historical fiction novel is both a story of a really awesome woman, but also a love story of sorts as well. And finally, with mission in hand, Nancy is airdropped back into France as the deadly MADAM ANDRÉ, where she claims her place as one of the most powerful leaders in the French Resistance, armed with a ferocious wit, her signature red lipstick, and the ability to summon weapons straight from the Allied Forces.īut no one can protect Nancy if the enemy finds out these four women are one and the same, and the closer to liberation France gets, the more exposed she–and the people she loves–become. When she enters training with the Special Operations Executives in Britain, her new comrades are instructed to call her HÉLÈNE. With a five million franc bounty on her head, Nancy is forced to escape France and leave Henri behind. Her success and her remarkable ability to evade capture earns her the nickname THE WHITE MOUSE from the Gestapo. Fiocca than the Germans invade France and she takes yet another name: a code name.Īs LUCIENNE CARLIER Nancy smuggles people and documents across the border. No sooner does Henri sweep Nancy off her feet and convince her to become Mrs. It is 1936 and Nancy Wake is an intrepid Australian expat living in Paris who has bluffed her way into a reporting job for Hearst newspaper when she meets the wealthy French industrialist Henri Fiocca. Told in interweaving timelines organized around the four code names Nancy used during the war, Code Name Hélène is a spellbinding and moving story of enduring love, remarkable sacrifice and unfaltering resolve that chronicles the true exploits of a woman who deserves to be a household name. As someone who loves historical fiction, I was thrilled with her choice! This month Whitney, who you can find on both twitter as and over on her blog, picked a book for me to read.

Hello and welcome to the second Someone Picks My Books within the past week! If you are are new to the blog, this is a series where I have other book lovers pick a book for me to read and I give it a try! I love it because I always end up reading books I might not have read otherwise.

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