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by Pippa LaTour (Author), Jude Dobson (Author)
After decades of silence, the last surviving World War II spy operating in the deadly world of Nazi France, reveals the real, untold story of her time as a secret agent.
From a unique and singular voice comes the incredible true story of the last surviving undercover British female operative in WW2. Pippa Latour parachuted into occupied France in 1944 to conduct sabotage and subversion behind enemy lines. Selling soap to German soldiers and hiding codes on a piece of ribbon, she sent back crucial information about troop positions in the lead up to D-Day, and continued her work until Paris was liberated. From her childhood as an orphan in South Africa to her years as an undercover agent, Pippa's story is that of a woman determined to honor her principles and risk her life to fight against the greatest evil of the 20th century.
Author Biography
PIPPA LATOUR was the last surviving SEO agent, serving in France until its liberation. For seventy years, Pippa's contributions to the war effort were largely unheralded, but she was finally given her due in 2014 when she was awarded France's highest military decoration, the Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la L?gion d'Honneur (Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour). She died in 2023 at age 102.
JUDE DOBSON is a best-selling author who has been researching, writing, producing, and directing WWI and WWII content for broadcast and print media since 2018. She won Best Historical Documentary in the 2023 New York Radio Awards for an audio documentary that featured WWII aviators talking about their wartime experiences.
