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Synopsis
Andrée de Jongh was a young artist in Brussels when German troops marched into Belgium in May 1941. Her father dubbed her the 'Little Cyclone', because she was so determined to make things happen. Inspired by Edith Cavell, the British nurse shot dead by the Germans during the First World War, the 24-year-old de Jongh nursed wounded allied servicemen.
She then set up the Comet Line to smuggle trapped soldiers and airmen through France and across the Pyrenees into Spain. When the first group never arrived, the Little Cyclone did the job herself: she turned up at the British consulate in Bilbao in August 1941 with two Scottish soldiers and insisted she could bring many more. MI6 was convinced she was a German spy. But the Little Cyclone got her way and the escape line she created saved the lives of more than 800 Allied servicemen.
Such heroism came at an enormous cost. One hundred and fifty-six members of the Comet Line died, the majority of them in the Nazi concentration camps. The story of Little Cyclone is one of tragedy and triumph, a remarkably human and inspiring story that rivals the most dramatic of thrillers.
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"A true story of extraordinary bravery, betrayal, tragedy and triumph." --Daily Telegraph
About the Author
Airey Neave served as an intelligence officer for MI9 in World War Two before later becoming Member of Parliament for Abingdon. The author of several highly acclaimed books on the second World War, he died in 1979 in an IRA a car-bomb attack at the House of Commons.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good ++. Later Printing. The title of this 189 page WWII account refers to an actual woman: Andree de Jongh. She helped establish the Comet Line - an escape route out of the war zone for resistance workers. Read more about : Puicgerda bridge, Jean Greindl, Comet Line, Elvire Morelle, Tante Go, Swedish Red Cross, Operation Water-closet, and St. Jean de Luz. UNillustrated. Cond : Paper wrapper is red with white lettering. Cover photo shows a cross and the Luftwaffe symbol. Volume is brilliantly bright, square, and clean. No names nor marks. Collectible ! ! Quote (p. 96) : " From the church she went to a friend's house and telephoned to Nemo. To the anxious Nemo her voice sounded as if she were a ghost. In a guarded way he told her of the savage work of the false Americans. For these two dangerous agents ._._._. ." Size: 12mo. Seller Inventory # 012530