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The Autobiography Of The Woman The Gestapo Called The White Mouse
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Nancy Wake
The Gestapo called her the White Mouse. Nancy Wake, an Australian who became one of the most highly decorated women of World War II, here tells her own story.
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 her work with an escape-route network for Allied soldier ...more
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 her work with an escape-route network for Allied soldier ...more
Paperback
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200 pages
Published
1986
by Sun Books
(first published January 1st 1985)
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I personally knew Nancy Wake & her 2nd Husband John when they were living in Port Macquarie & heard some of her history 1st hand, She was an amazing woman.
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I didn't want this book to end and I'm going to miss Nancy Wake's company. In addition to a story you won't want to put down, the book's "warts and all" candor about the French, British and Americans is refreshing. Her opinions are valid, being she was an Australian, trained in England to fight in the French Resistance.
Nancy's very humble about her adventures, considering everything she went through and her sense of humor is wicked. The death of her husband from the hands of the Nazis takes you ...more
Nancy's very humble about her adventures, considering everything she went through and her sense of humor is wicked. The death of her husband from the hands of the Nazis takes you ...more
Such a badass. And a much better role-model for young girls, cf. some people/books/characters I will not mention.
This is an autographed copy from this amazing lady!
Sep 14, 2011
Wayne
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
adventure lovers and admirers of gutsy ladies
Recommended to Wayne by:
Russell Braddon
Nancy Wake died recently at 98.
I first read the Russell Braddon biography in the late 1960's.
An excellent writer.
But I was thrilled to see that the secondhand volume I had purchased several years ago was actually an autobiography. With Nancy gone I really wanted to hear HER voice - and it was as refreshingly direct and honest as I had expected.
Nancy was a stunningly beautiful young woman.
She was also gutsy, feisty, sexy, daring, fun-loving, hard drinking,
straight forward, a faithful friend ...an ...more
I first read the Russell Braddon biography in the late 1960's.
An excellent writer.
But I was thrilled to see that the secondhand volume I had purchased several years ago was actually an autobiography. With Nancy gone I really wanted to hear HER voice - and it was as refreshingly direct and honest as I had expected.
Nancy was a stunningly beautiful young woman.
She was also gutsy, feisty, sexy, daring, fun-loving, hard drinking,
straight forward, a faithful friend ...an ...more
A true-life account of SOE Nancy Wake, aka The White Mouse. Reads like a thriller - my heart was pounding as Nancy set up links with Resistance workers, drove ambulances, transported black market goods, exchanged messages, came face to face with the Gestapo and was placed under arrest. Nancy Wake was tough and resourceful yet very feminine, and this book gives a 360 view of this fantastic lady, her love for her husband and dogs,and the grand lifestyle she gave up to fight. (On a purely girly not
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Awesome book that needs to be reissued so more people can read it. I borrowed it from my local library through interlibrary loan. Highly recommend.
Jun 04, 2015
Stephanie
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non-fiction
A great autobiography that describes the amazing life and experiences of Nancy Wake aka The White Mouse.
Took me a while to read but I loved reading it. It felt like I was being told a story and the reading felt very personal, like a wee tête-à-tête as opposed to a full on true story fact-finding mission of information being thrown at me.
The ups were amazing and the downs were so heart wrenching. Nancy Wake was truly a marvelous force to be reckoned with who accomplished great things and helped m ...more
Took me a while to read but I loved reading it. It felt like I was being told a story and the reading felt very personal, like a wee tête-à-tête as opposed to a full on true story fact-finding mission of information being thrown at me.
The ups were amazing and the downs were so heart wrenching. Nancy Wake was truly a marvelous force to be reckoned with who accomplished great things and helped m ...more
An exciting and easy to read book.
Maybe not a comparable piece of literature to a top selling thriller writer, that is not what the book is about. It is a true story of a courageous lady who risked her life repeatedly to help others in WWII France. Her business was liberating France from an angry army who desperately wanted her dead.
Maybe not a comparable piece of literature to a top selling thriller writer, that is not what the book is about. It is a true story of a courageous lady who risked her life repeatedly to help others in WWII France. Her business was liberating France from an angry army who desperately wanted her dead.
Aug 06, 2014
Edwina Hall Callan
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This woman was a Hero and led a fascinating life, and yet, her book reads like a long list of facts and was incredibly boring.
May 23, 2011
Deborah Ideiosepius
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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non-fiction
I enjoyed it for its subject matter and its forthright style. The story of how an Australian woman living in France came to be an active resistence worker in WWII. The style is very brisk and blunt - it resonates as if a strightforward person were telling you about their experiences directly with no litrary artifacts. nancy becomes a real person to the reader very fast and her matter of fact way of dealing with the story is bracing.
I give it less than four stars only because this style of writi ...more
I give it less than four stars only because this style of writi ...more
What an amazing truly courageous person! A story every one should read.
Aug 28, 2011
Natalie
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5 of 5 stars
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favorites
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Fantastique biographie d'une femme qui à mériter la croix de guerre plus que beaucoup d'hommes!
Sous estimée mais jamais amère. Elle n'aimait pas la guerre, mais elle aimait la liberté de penser, et de vivre. Et elle était prête a mourir et tuer pour l'obtenir. Cette ténacité, cette force implacable ce retrouve dans ces propre mots. Lisez ce livre!
Quelle femme extraordinaire, de sang froid et gueule de ferre. Biographie magnifique et rare. D'une femme exemplaire, de ce que nous sommes capable... ...more
Sous estimée mais jamais amère. Elle n'aimait pas la guerre, mais elle aimait la liberté de penser, et de vivre. Et elle était prête a mourir et tuer pour l'obtenir. Cette ténacité, cette force implacable ce retrouve dans ces propre mots. Lisez ce livre!
Quelle femme extraordinaire, de sang froid et gueule de ferre. Biographie magnifique et rare. D'une femme exemplaire, de ce que nous sommes capable... ...more
Dec 10, 2012
Kathryn
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
history
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memoir-biography
Summary: Nancy Wake = Super Cool Resistance Fighter/Socialite
Why I Read This: BIOGRAPHIES!
Review: I actually enjoyed this. It was my second Nancy Wake book, so I didn't pay as much attention as to the first one, but I like that Nancy chose random things to pay a lot of attention to. For example, you get 1 paragraph on how the Marquis she'd attached herself to escapes from thousands of German troops. But, you get, like, 6 pages on how much fun she had messing with other refugees on the trip acros ...more
Why I Read This: BIOGRAPHIES!
Review: I actually enjoyed this. It was my second Nancy Wake book, so I didn't pay as much attention as to the first one, but I like that Nancy chose random things to pay a lot of attention to. For example, you get 1 paragraph on how the Marquis she'd attached herself to escapes from thousands of German troops. But, you get, like, 6 pages on how much fun she had messing with other refugees on the trip acros ...more
No. I cannot read this. It is not well written and she is not interesting to me. I find the narrative to be laden with names and events that are jammed in, references that often feel superfluous to what is (apparently) the central plot and a very slow slow pace. I would much prefer to read a biography of her written by someone that could write.
Amazing story of an incredible woman
I quite enjoyed reading this book, it was intersting to find out about Nancy's life as a spy during WW2. She achieved some amazing things. Even though she was born an Aussie, she really didnt spend that much time here and much preferred living in France and England.
How a woman participated as a spy during WWII: the risks and consequences, the personality of one famous, still living spy and her words about that life. I read this for a book club. I was left with more questions.
It was interesting and when she was telling humorous stories, there was so much life in her story-telling, but when telling the more serious parts of her life, it was hard to hear her voice.
As horrible as it sounds, I actually preferred her biography written by Peter Fitzsimmons.
An epic read - Nancy's determination and sass shows through.
Loved it, she is truly an inspiration. Will have read it again!
A wonderful book by an amazing woman who led an incredible life.
loved will re read she was an inspiring woman
She was an absolutely amazing woman.
Highly recommended, hard to put down.
My new favorite British lady.
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