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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Soundly Rebound Tall 8vo.pp.384, plus 'Huits Documents.' Limited signed edition: this copy being no.11 of 500. In French. Detailed autobiographical account of French Resistance operations during WW2. Poignant b/w photographs of members of the Resistance; men, women, & their children, inevitably caught up in war. Some photographed before and after returning from Ravensbrck & Buchenwald. Includes diagrams, facsimile letters, and plans. Also included is a poem 'Dans Le Gout De La Nuit' by Jean Cayrol. Original title-pages within rebound covers of blue boards with gilt lettering to spine. Signed presentation from the author: "a Lady Dansey en souvenir de Sir Claude dont l'amiti tait pour moi l'un des . les plus prcieux. En hommage de respect. et profond sympathie. Rmy" Lt. Colonel Sir Claude Edward Marjoribanks Dansey (1876Ð1947) also known as Colonel Z, Haywood, Uncle Claude, and code-named Z, was assistant chief of the Secret Intelligence Service known as ACSS, of the British intelligence agency commonly known as MI6, and a member of the London Controlling Section. He began his career in intelligence in 1900, remaining active until his death. Gilbert Renault ' Rmy' (1904Ð1984) was one of the most famous secret agents of occupied France during World War II , and was known under various pseudonyms such as Raymond, Jean-Luc, Morin, Watteau, Roulier, Beauce and Rmy. Very good. Signedes.