Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan - Couverture rigide

Basu, Shrabani

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0750939656 ISBN 13 : 9780750939652

Editeur : The History Press Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

This is the riveting story of Noor Inayat Khan, a descendant of an Indian Prince Tipu Sultan (the Tiger of Mysore), who became a British secret agent for SOE during World War II. Shrabani Basu tells the moving story of Noor's life, from her birth in Moscow - where her father was a Sufi preacher - to her capture by the Germans. Noor was one of only three women SOE agents awarded the George Cross and, under torture, revealed nothing, not even her own real name. Kept in solitary confinement, her hands and feet chained together, Noor was starved and beaten, but the Germans could not break her spirit. Then months after she was captured, she was taken to Dachau concentration camp and, on 13th September 194, she was shot. Her last word was 'Liberté'.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

SHRABANI BASU is a journalist and Sunday Times best-selling author. Her books include the critically acclaimed The Mystery of the Parsee Lawyer and Victoria & Abdul (now a major Oscar-nominated motion picture starring Dame Judi Dench). She is the founder of the Noor Inayat Khan Memorial Trust and an ambassador for the RAF Museum. She is a frequent commentator on Indian history and Empire on radio and television, and has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of London for services to literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The History Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0750939656
• ISBN 13: 9780750939652
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
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