{"product_id":"the-last-secret-agent-the-untold-story-of-my-life-as-a-spy-behind-nazi-enemy-lines","title":"The Last Secret Agent","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe extraordinary untold story of Pippa Latour, who parachuted into occupied France in 1944 as an undercover agent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The most remarkable story of a most courageous woman' - Hon Judith Collins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the astounding true story of one of the last female special operations agents in France to get out alive after its liberation in WWII.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1921, Pippa Latour became a covert special operations agent who parachuted into a field in Nazi-occupied Normandy. Trained by the British, Pippa was lauded for her fluency with languages and her coding ability - attributes she put to remarkable use when she posed as a teenage soap-seller, often selling her wares to the German soldiers and sending back information via code to England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncredibly brave - Pippa knew she could be instantly shot if her cover was blown - she concealed her codes on a piece of silk that she threaded through a shoelace and wore as a hair tie. She bicycled around the region, often sleeping rough and foraging for food.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring her time in Normandy, Pippa sent 135 secret messages conveying crucial information on German troop positions in the lead-up to D-Day. Pippa continued her mission until the liberation of Paris in August 1944.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor decades, Pippa told no one - not even her family - of her incredible feats during WWII.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, for the first time, her story can be told in full.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRHD Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45564043034847,"sku":"9781991006561","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2185\/3151\/files\/9781991006561.jpg?v=1744079823","url":"https:\/\/lamplightbooks.pro\/products\/the-last-secret-agent-the-untold-story-of-my-life-as-a-spy-behind-nazi-enemy-lines","provider":"Lamplight Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}