Discover the inspiring true story of a woman who risked her life for her country. The memoir of Pippa Latour reveals the extraordinary courage of a female SOE agent during WWII. This authentic British account brings to life the secret war behind enemy lines.
The memoir of Pippa Latour - the first and last female secret agent to share her experiences undercover during WW2.
In June 1940, a covert new force - the Special Operations Executive (SOE) - was set up to wage a secret war of sabotage and subversion behind enemy lines. Of the 470 agents sent to France only 26 female agents returned and none have ever told their story before.
Phyllis Pippa Latour was parachuted into France aged 23; she bravely travelled around the rural French countryside, concealing her codes in a hair tie and her Morse key underneath her bicycle seat, and sending crucial information back to Britain in the lead-up to D-Day.
More than once, she came frighteningly close to being discovered.
For decades, Pippa told no one - not even her family - of her incredible feats. Now for the first time, her astonishing story can be told in full.
Following the war, Pippa settled in New Zealand where she raised four children. For decades, Pippa told no one - not even her family - of her incredible feats during WWII. In the final months of her life, Pippa finally decided to tell her remarkable story, written with the assistance of award-winning historical documentary producer and writer Jude Dobson. Pippa died in 2023, at the age of 102.
