In 1942, Charlotte Gray, a young scottish woman, goes to Occupied France on a dual mission: to run an apparently simple errand for a British special operations group and to search for her lover, an English airman who has gone missing in action.

The story of the Resistance in France 1944, told by one of the movement's leaders

'Agnes Humbert bears devastating witness to her time an insider's account of the germination of the French Resistance.' WILLIAM BOYD

The definitive account of an absorbing double mystery: the fates of the missing female SOE agents and the truth about the woman who searched for them

Six gripping and inspiring tales of extreme bravery. Updated reprint of celebrated and successful book.

Set during a year that begins with France's fall to the Nazis in June 1940 and ending with Germany turning its attention to Russia, this book falls into two parts. It depicts a group of Parisians as they flee the Nazi invasion; and follows the inhabitants of a rural community under occupation who find themselves thrown together in unexpected ways.

The harrowing, and inspiring, story of the capture of one of Britain's top SOE agents in World War Two, his refusal to crack under the most horrific torture, and his final imprisonment in a concentration camp.

Those in the Special Operations Executive during World War II were recruited from remarkably diverse callings. This is the story of the men and women who were members of this most secret agency and who lived in constant danger. Their job was to support and stimulate resistance behind enemy lines.

Charlotte Delbo was handed over to the Gestapo in 1942 for planning to hand out anti-German leaflets. She was sent to Auschwitz, then Ravensbruck, where she remained until the end of the war. This book is a memoir of her time in these camps, a transformation of experience into prose.

Who was Jean Moulin? The official answer is that he was General de Gaulle's emissary to occupied France and became the political head of the Resistance in 1943. However, Marnham searches for the key to Moulin's political convictions and suggests that he may have been working to a private agenda.

Based on interviews with 70 surviving participants, who recreate their activities during the period, 1940-1945, and with access to previously classified materials, this is a history of the role of women in the French Resistance during the Nazi occupation.

In 1942, with a black-market chicken under his arm, Leo Marks left his father's famous bookshop, 84 charing cross road, and went to war.

In this vivid blend of history and travel, Rosemary Bailey follows a number of characters through the Second World War to tell a sweeping story of collaboration and resistance, fear and heroism, of pacifism and sacrifice all set against the backdrop of the Pyrenees.

An SOE Agent's Experiences in France and the Far East.

Founded by Churchill, Special Operations Executive (SOE) was the forerunner of the SAS, and during WWII they sent many hundreds of specially-trained agents deep undercover in Nazi-occupied Europe. This book explores the extraordinary stories and daring exploits of some of the male agents of Britain's SOE during WWII.

A story of love between a German soldier and a Resistance fighter in Occupied France.

By 1943, Nancy Wake, who had left Australia in her 20s, was number one on the Gestapo's most wanted list. She led a raid on Gestapo Headquarters in Montucon, killed a sentry with her bare hands and shot her way through road blocks. Her husband was executed by the Gestapo because he wouldn't reveal her whereabouts. This is her story.

A study of the resistance movement of southern France during World War II, which explores what participation in the Maquis meant for those involved. The author examines the motivations of the movement and how the circumstances of occupation affected the life of rural French communities.

This work is the result of the author's research as she discovered that her parents were Jacques and Lotka, key figures in the Resistance in the South of France during World War II. The book recounts her investigation as well as the interesting lives of her heroic parents.

Henry Forester is a 19 year old farm boy far from home. Shot down on a bombing raid, he finds himself alone, injured and terrified. Tested to the limits of his courage, and desperately hoping to end his journey alive and free, he relies on the kindness of strangers and the French Resistance who risk their lives for him. Ages 11+.