{"product_id":"paperback-last-secret-agent-pippa-latour-2026285732","title":"Paperback Last Secret Agent - Pippa Latour","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe memoir of Pippa Latour - the first and last female secret agent to share her experiences undercover during WW2.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhyllis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than once, she came frighteningly close to being discovered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ASDA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48331932205294,"sku":"STO-ITEM-2026-285732","price":9.92,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/0125\/9183\/files\/9781800962798_T1.jpg?v=1784228600","url":"https:\/\/mcgrocer.com\/products\/paperback-last-secret-agent-pippa-latour-2026285732","provider":"McGrocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}