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The White Mouse
- Narrated by: Christine Jeffery
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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Summary
Nancy Wake, nicknamed 'the white mouse' for her ability to evade capture, tells her own story. As the Gestapo's most wanted person, and one of the most highly decorated servicewomen of the war, it's a story worth telling.
After living and working in Paris in the 1930's, Nancy married a wealthy Frenchman and settled in Marseilles. Her idyllic new life was ended by World War II and the invasion of France. Her life shattered, Nancy joined the French Resistance and, later, began work with an escape-route network for Allied soldiers. Eventually Nancy had to escape from France herself to avoid capture by the Gestapo.
In London, she trained with the Special Operations Executive as a secret agent and saboteur before parachuting back into France. Nancy became a leading figure in the Maquis of the Auvergne district, in charge of finance and obtaining arms, and helped to forge the Maquis into a superb fighting force. During her lifetime, Nancy Wake was hailed as a legend. Her autobiography recounts her extraordinary wartime experiences in her own words.
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- Banjoman
- 18-01-24
A remarkable and extraordinary woman
The White Mouse is an autobiography by Nancy Wake, one of the most highly decorated servicewomen of WWII.
Christine Jeffery delivers a good reading of what feels like a friend sharing their memories in a matter of fact style. I'm glad I listened to Code Name Hélène before this book. You get more of a sense of the character of Nancy Wake in Hélène, than you do in this. Nancy's character came across as a tough, no nonsense woman, passionate, brave beyond words, with a cheerful and lively personality who doesn't mind using colourful language when necessary. What Nancy and other women did during WWII is remarkable, incredible, inspiring, and will never be forgotten. YouTube have good documentaries about Nancy Wake which are well worth a viewing. Nevertheless, The White Mouse is Nancy Wake's own words.
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