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

Basu, Shrabani

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0750950560 ISBN 13 : 9780750950565

Editeur : The History Press, 2008

Synopsis

This is the riveting story of Noor Inayat Khan, the 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 awarded the George Cross and, under torture, revealed nothing but her name - but not her real name, nor her code name, just the name she used to register at SOE: Nora Baker. Kept in solitary confinement, chained between hand and feet and unable to walk upright, Noor existed on bowls of soup made from potato peelings. Ten months after she was captured, she was taken to Dachau and, on 13 September 1944, she was shot. Her last word was 'Liberte'.

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
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0750950560
• ISBN 13: 9780750950565
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 296
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• Personne responsable: non disponible