The White Rabbit: The Story Of Wing Commander F.F.E. Yeo-Thomas G.C., M.C.
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Damaged
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
One of the most audacious secret agents of the Second World War, Wing Commander F.F.E. Yeo-Thomas — codenamed The White Rabbit — waged a one-man war against Nazi occupation from the shadows of occupied France, risking capture, torture, and death on every mission he undertook for the Special Operations Executive. Bruce Marshall's The White Rabbit chronicles the astonishing true story of this decorated British agent, whose repeated parachute drops into enemy territory, desperate attempts to rally the French Resistance, and ultimate capture by the Gestapo form one of the most harrowing narratives to emerge from the war years. Marshall, a gifted storyteller with a soldier's eye for detail, renders Yeo-Thomas's ordeal — including imprisonment in the concentration camps of Buchenwald and Dachau, and his near-miraculous escape — with a visceral immediacy that reads as compellingly as the finest thriller. The biography stands as a landmark of wartime literature, illuminating not only the physical courage demanded of SOE operatives but also the profound moral conviction that sustained them in the face of unimaginable brutality. For those who believe they know the full story of Allied resistance in occupied Europe, The White Rabbit presents a shattering corrective — and a portrait of heroism that refuses to be forgotten.
Author: Bruce Marshall
Format: Hardback
Published: 1954, Evans Brothers
Genre: Biography
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Damaged
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
One of the most audacious secret agents of the Second World War, Wing Commander F.F.E. Yeo-Thomas — codenamed The White Rabbit — waged a one-man war against Nazi occupation from the shadows of occupied France, risking capture, torture, and death on every mission he undertook for the Special Operations Executive. Bruce Marshall's The White Rabbit chronicles the astonishing true story of this decorated British agent, whose repeated parachute drops into enemy territory, desperate attempts to rally the French Resistance, and ultimate capture by the Gestapo form one of the most harrowing narratives to emerge from the war years. Marshall, a gifted storyteller with a soldier's eye for detail, renders Yeo-Thomas's ordeal — including imprisonment in the concentration camps of Buchenwald and Dachau, and his near-miraculous escape — with a visceral immediacy that reads as compellingly as the finest thriller. The biography stands as a landmark of wartime literature, illuminating not only the physical courage demanded of SOE operatives but also the profound moral conviction that sustained them in the face of unimaginable brutality. For those who believe they know the full story of Allied resistance in occupied Europe, The White Rabbit presents a shattering corrective — and a portrait of heroism that refuses to be forgotten.