Code Name Hélène : Inspired by the gripping true story of World War 2 spy Nancy Wake

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And the most notable and important aspects of Wake’s life are mostly unembellished in Code Name Hélène, which is as much an epic love story as an engrossing narrative of an unlikely anti-Nazi combatant.

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The mounting evidence of ever more and ever worse skulduggery will pull Tempe deeper and deeper down what even she sees as a rabbit hole before she confronts a ringleader implicated in “Drugs. The author did an incredible job sticking as closely to the real story as she could, and in her notes at the end lays out exactly where and when she altered the timeline and/or any characters. Nancy trains to be a Secret Service Operative, her codename is Hélène and during her time in the Auvergne region leading the marquis groups she’s known as Madame Andrée. Melodramatic to the point of parody and horribly structured (WHY is the husband's POV included at random?

World War II heroine Nancy Wake should be so widely celebrated that whole bevies of schoolgirls dress up as this brave member of the French Resistance for Halloween. She said exactly what you did about trying to skim the torture parts, and also that she knew some of her readers were sensitive to profanity, but it was such a part of what Nancy Wake was known for that she couldn’t leave it out. Nancy Wake was an astonishing New Zealand-born, Australian-bred woman of incredible courage, ingenuity and wit. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Code Name Hélène written by Ariel Lawhon which was published in 2020-3-31. I loved Nancy’s character she was a feisty and independent woman who used profanity liberally and with flair and could drink any man under the table, she even killed a Nazi with her bare hands!

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It also made me see that we need Nancy's strength and daring in the challenges that face us as a nation and as a world. Her success and her remarkable ability to evade capture earns her the nickname THE WHITE MOUSE from the Gestapo. Lawhon has proven herself a master at her craft, and she does readers a great service with Code Name Hélène.

Since this is an international series, there's no guarantee that this will be a project that comes to the United States. It is 1936 and Nancy Wake is an intrepid Australian expat living in Paris who has bluffed her way into a reporting job for Hearst newspaper when she meets the wealthy French industrialist Henri Fiocca. But no one can protect Nancy if the enemy finds out these four women are one and the same, and the closer to liberation France gets, the more exposed she–and the people she loves–will become. The banner’s current production slate includes “Coda,” Sian Heder’s English-language remake of “La Famille Belier” starring Emilia Jones. Inspired by true wartime events, Code Name Hélène is a gripping and moving story of extraordinary courage, unfaltering resolve, remarkable sacrifice – and enduring love.

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And as Lawhon notes, there were many female spies during World War II, but Wake represented one of a very small number of female military leaders. Just recently, The Great Gatsby and Tenet star Elizabeth Debicki was cast as Princess Diana for the last two seasons of The Crown. This might sound a bit confusing but it works really well as we learn about the woman and what drive her to do the things she does. when Wake, code-named Hélène by the British Special Operations Executive, parachutes into Vichy-controlled France to aid the troops of the Resistance, working with comrades “Hubert” and “Denden”—two of many vividly drawn supporting characters.Nancy Wake was a New Zealand-born, Australian-raised nurse and journalist who joined the French Resistance and later the British SOE – Special Operations Executive – during World War II. Author, Ariel Lawhon has penned her historical fiction novel, "Code Name Hélène" using facts gleaned from Nancy’s autobiography, "The White Mouse" as well as from the works of other biographers to paint as accurate a picture as possible of this extremely brave and unique person. A tasty, if not always tasteful, tale of supernatural mayhem that fans of King and Crichton alike will enjoy. I cannot throw a decent punch or carry a grown man across a battlefield, but I can wear red lipstick as though my life depends on it.

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But the closer France gets to liberation, the more exposed Nancy – and the people she loves – will become. Based on true facts, it’s a story about love, war, danger, espionage, courage, bravery, and about a woman who outsmarted the Germans, she’s a real inspiration and a role model for us all and five stars from me.

Here, Nancy meets Henri Fiocca, he owns a ship building company in Marseilles and has a reputation for being a rich playboy. That said, I wouldn’t have wanted Lawhon to cut any of them, because they were all important to the story (including at least one twist I hadn’t expected). Nancy left Australia at sixteen, America was her first stop, and then she traveled to France to work as a freelance journalist. Hélène is a one-of-a-kind real-life spy, an inspirational leader, and an amazingly strong woman who won’t go to work without her trademark red lipstick. Well before the start of the war, Wake documented the depravity and revolting cruelty of Adolf Hitler’s private militia known as the Brownshirts.