10% off all books and free delivery over £40
Buy from our bookstore and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. *15% of eBooks.

The Secret Ministry of Ag. & Fish My Life in Churchill's Secret Army

View All Editions

The selected edition of this book is not available to buy right now.
Add To Wishlist
Write A Review

About

The Secret Ministry of Ag. & Fish My Life in Churchill's Secret Army Synopsis

'My mother thought I was working for the Ministry of Ag. and Fish.' So begins Noreen Riols' compelling memoir of her time as a member of Churchill's 'secret army', the Special Operations Executive. It was 1943, just before her eighteenth birthday, Noreen received her call-up papers, and was faced with either working in a munitions factory or joining the Wrens. A typically fashion-conscious young woman, even in wartime, Noreen opted for the Wrens - they had better hats. But when one of her interviewers realized she spoke fluent French, she was directed to a government building on Baker Street. It was SOE headquarters, where she was immediately recruited into F-Section, led by Colonel Maurice Buckmaster. From then until the end of the war, Noreen worked with Buckmaster and her fellow operatives to support the French Resistance fighting for the Allied cause. Sworn to secrecy, Noreen told no one that she spent her days meeting agents returning from behind enemy lines, acting as a decoy, passing on messages in tea rooms and picking up codes in crossword puzzles. Vivid, witty, insightful and often moving, this is the story of one young woman's secret war, offering readers an authentic and compelling insight into what really went on in Churchill's 'secret army' from one of its last surviving members.

About This Edition

ISBN: 9781447237020
Publication date: 8th May 2014
Author: Noreen Riols
Publisher: Pan Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback
Primary Genre Biographies & Autobiographies
Recommendations:

Author

You Might Also Like...

Carl Frampton

Carl Frampton and Paul D Gibson

Hardback

In Stock

£19.79 £21.99

Who Killed Daniel Morgan?

Alastair Morgan and 1 more

Ebook (Epub)

Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply.

£4.99

Testament of Youth

Vera Brittain

Hardback

In Stock

£18.00 £20.00

The Road Taken

Michael Buerk

Paperback

Print on Demand

£15.29 £16.99