Mission Europe

“The quintessential feature of this book is its even-handedness as the background, character and operational biography of each of these women is explored. There is no sentimentality and no heroine worship in this book. It is written with compassion.”—Vin Arthey, The Scotsman “The book . . . attempts to show the sphere of influence and profound courage of the women trained to infiltrate and serves as a timely reminder of the price of the precious freedom and democracy that we all enjoy today.”—Lynn McNeil, Life & Work “Vigurs’s aim was to address an imbalance, to detail the experiences and missions of the women who worked for SOE across Europe. She has done more than this: she has brought each agent back to life.”—Debbie Kilroy, GetHistory “This remarkable account tells the important truth about women and the SOE, and deepens our knowledge and understanding of women and war. The women who populate the pages of Mission Europe are truly extraordinary, and this book is a vital contribution to the history of wartime Europe.”—Sarah-Louise Miller, author of The Women Behind the Few ldquo;Remarkable. . . . This humbling book is a salutary reminder in our current age of the precious gift of freedom, of the attempts by the Nazis to remove it by force, and of the extraordinary efforts by the bravest of the brave to fight this evil, even to the cost of their own lives. Bravo!”—Robert Lyman, author of A War of Empires “At last a fitting tribute to the 3,200 women who served in SOE from Poland to Denmark, Belgium to Hungary. Lovingly researched, I cannot think this book will ever be bettered.”—Peter Caddick-Adams, 1945: Victory in the West