Book description
On the night of the 22 September 1943 Pearl Witherington, a twenty-nine-year-old British secretary and agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), was parachuted from a Halifax bomber into Occupied France. Like Sebastian Faulks' heroine, Charlotte Gray, Pearl had a dual mission: to fight for her beloved, broken France and…
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1 author picked She Landed By Moonlight as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I first read and loved this book six years ago while researching the work of undercover agents working in Europe during WW2. Back then, I wanted to know what such an agent did, how she trained, what her work consisted of, and what this book delivered.
Plucked from obscurity, Pearl Witherington rose to be the leader of a 6000-man-strong group of Resisters in France. I was completely inspired by her confidence and courage and her ability to win the trust and respect of the men she led–men who initially doubted they could be led by a woman.
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