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After a tragic childhood among the Great War cemeteries of Flanders Fields, a troubled young woman searches for love and meaning in war-ravaged Europe. Elaine Madden's quest takes her from occupied Belgium through the chaos of Dunkirk, where she flees disguised as a British soldier, into the London Blitz, where she finally begins to discover herself. Recruited to T Section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) as a fast courier, she is parachuted back to the country of her birth to undertake a top-secret political mission and help speed its liberation from Nazi oppression. Elaine Madden never claimed to be a heroine, but her story proves otherwise. Its centrepiece war service as one of only two women SOE agents parachuted into enemy-occupied Belgium is just one episode in an extraordinary real-life drama of highs and lows, love, loss and betrayal. Relayed to the author in the final years of her life, Elaine s true story of courage and humour in testing times is more intriguing, more compelling than fiction. AUTHOR: Sue Elliot spent 25 years in broadcasting, where latterly she was in demand as a speech- and ghost-writer for senior TV executives. She is the author of The Children Who Fought Hitler and Love Child. 16 b/w illustrations

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Her story is well worth the telling . . . this is deserved homage to the courage and endurance of a woman who fought the great cause of a country she was proud to call her own.

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After teaching English & Drama in a London comprehensive, SUE ELLIOTT spent twenty-five years in broadcasting, where latterly she was in demand as a speech and ghost writer for senior TV executives. She's been a freelance writer since 2002 and had two non-fiction books published - the bestselling Love Child (Random House, 2005) and The Children Who Fought Hitler (John Murray, 2009).

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