The Resource I Heard My Country Calling : Elaine Madden, the Unsung Heroine of SOE, Sue Elliott, (electronic resource)
I Heard My Country Calling : Elaine Madden, the Unsung Heroine of SOE, Sue Elliott, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- The remarkable true story of SOE heroine Elaine Madden, told for the first timeAfter a tragic childhood among the Great War cemeteries of Flanders fields, a troubled young woman searches for love and meaning in war-ravaged Europe. Elaine Madden's quest takes her from occupied Belgium through the chaos of Dunkirk, where she flees disguised as a British soldier, into the London Blitz, where she finally begins to discover herself. Recruited to T Section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) as a "fast courier, " she is parachuted back to the country of her birth to undertake a top secret political mission and help speed its liberation from Nazi oppression. Elaine Madden never claimed to be a heroine, but her story proves otherwise. Its centerpiece{u2014}war service as one of only two women SOE agents parachuted into enemy-occupied Belgium{u2014}is just one episode in an extraordinary real-life drama of highs and lows, love, loss, and betrayal. Relayed to the author in the final years of her life, Elaine's true story of courage and humor in testing times is more intriguing, more compelling than fiction
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (256 pages)
- Isbn
- 9780750966498
- Label
- I Heard My Country Calling : Elaine Madden, the Unsung Heroine of SOE
- Title
- I Heard My Country Calling
- Title remainder
- Elaine Madden, the Unsung Heroine of SOE
- Statement of responsibility
- Sue Elliott
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The remarkable true story of SOE heroine Elaine Madden, told for the first timeAfter a tragic childhood among the Great War cemeteries of Flanders fields, a troubled young woman searches for love and meaning in war-ravaged Europe. Elaine Madden's quest takes her from occupied Belgium through the chaos of Dunkirk, where she flees disguised as a British soldier, into the London Blitz, where she finally begins to discover herself. Recruited to T Section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) as a "fast courier, " she is parachuted back to the country of her birth to undertake a top secret political mission and help speed its liberation from Nazi oppression. Elaine Madden never claimed to be a heroine, but her story proves otherwise. Its centerpiece{u2014}war service as one of only two women SOE agents parachuted into enemy-occupied Belgium{u2014}is just one episode in an extraordinary real-life drama of highs and lows, love, loss, and betrayal. Relayed to the author in the final years of her life, Elaine's true story of courage and humor in testing times is more intriguing, more compelling than fiction
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- CtWfDGI
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Elliott, Sue
- Dewey number
-
- 940.5486092
- 940.5486092
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- D810.S8
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Madden, Elaine
- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- I Heard My Country Calling : Elaine Madden, the Unsung Heroine of SOE, Sue Elliott, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Control code
- frd00010571
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (256 pages)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access limited to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9780750966498
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780750966498
- (Sirsi) b1462191
- System details
- System requirements: Adobe Digital editions
- Label
- I Heard My Country Calling : Elaine Madden, the Unsung Heroine of SOE, Sue Elliott, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Control code
- frd00010571
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (256 pages)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access limited to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9780750966498
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780750966498
- (Sirsi) b1462191
- System details
- System requirements: Adobe Digital editions
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