- 1956 first edition, 187 pages
- Published by George Newness Ltd, London
- Hardcover with dust jacket, green boards
- Good condition, some age wear, rubbing, fading to dust jacket and edge of boards. Minor foxing to page edges. Name on title page.
Violette Szabo, G.C. Illustrated and Maps inside both boards.
It happened at a time when the story could not be told .... a girl, who before the war had led a humdrum life in South London, was suddenly picked for special training so that she could go on a dangerous mission behind the enemy lines in France.
The first part of this book deals with the early years of this beautiful young girl (she was only twenty-three when she was killed), her romantic marriage to a French officer, and the birth of her child.
Her heroic exploits as a Secret Agent - she took a main and daring part in the plan to stop crack German reinforcements being put into action after the D-day landings - were entirely successful but they led to her capture and imprisionment. After torture, weeks of rigorous questioning and then forced labour, she was shot by the Nazis at Ravensbruck Prision Camp in the closing phases of the war.
For her bravery she was posthumously awarded the George Cross - the first and only English girl to win this supreme award for gallantry in special operations.
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