In 1942 three young women are parachuted into the Dordogne to work
for a Special Operations Executive network. Their leader is Harry Bailey,
a young man who loves one of them and fears for them all.Paulette, the passionately committed Frenchwoman, who never forgets
her need for revenge against the Germans... down-to-earth Vi, motivated
by an unselfish sense of obligation... Jenny, the least committed of the three,
and the one who must find the most courage.As the months of dangerous waiting turn at last into active combat behind
enemy lines as D-Day approaches, the three heroines' story moves to its
unforgettable climax.'Striking... he makes the menacing atmosphere of wartime France
startlingly real' - Daily Telegraph
- ISBN10 045060439X
- ISBN13 9780450604393
- Publish Date 17 November 1994
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 20 April 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
- Imprint Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 448
- Language English