Code Name Hélène is an intense, suspenseful, thrilling, and intrigue-filled read.This is complicated because she is also a hunted woman with a bounty on her head. Known for her innovative thinking and leadership, profanity, and red lipstick, she secures weapons from the allied forces for the French Resistance fighters. At this time she is trained for Special Operations by the British and returns to France to work in the French Resistance Movement. Eventually, she is forced to escape France and leave Henri behind. As the Germans invade France, she begins her spy career by using her socialite status to smuggle documents and people across borders. When Nancy Wake first meets the love of her life, wealthy Henri Fiocca, in 1936, she is a freelance reporter and an Australian ex-pat living in Paris. Helene is only one of her four code names. Told in multiple timelines, Code Name Hélène is the thrilling and intense story of real-life socialite spy, Nancy Wake. *This post contains Amazon affiliate links.
Genre/Categories/Setting: Biographical Historical Fiction, World War 11, French Resistance Movement, France
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