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A thrilling history of MI9--the WWII organization that engineered the escape of Allied forces from behind enemy lines When Allied fighters were trapped behind enemy lines, one branch of military intelligence helped them escape: MI9. The organization set up clandestine routes that zigzagged across Nazi-occupied Europe, enabling soldiers and airmen to make their way home. Secret agents and resistance fighters risked their lives and those of their families to hide the men. Drawing on declassified files and eye-witness testimonies from across Europe and the United States, Helen Fry provides a significant reassessment of MI9's wartime role. Central to its success were figures such as Airey Neave, Jimmy Langley, Sam Derry, and Mary Lindell, who was one of only a few women parachuted into enemy territory for MI9. This astonishing account combines escape and evasion tales with the previously untold stories behind the establishment of MI9--and reveals how the organization saved thousands of lives.

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Important, informative and engaging. Fry draws an engrossing picture of the commitment and courage of tens of thousands of agents who helped 'escapers' and 'evaders' in the European Theater of Operations. -- Michael Jago, author of The Man Who Was George Smiley Behind every Allied great escape in WWII there stood the brave and resourceful men and women of MI9, an intelligence organization today almost completely forgotten...A masterful retelling with a fascinating cast of characters straight out of a John le Carre thriller. -- Mark Felton, author of Castle of the Eagles A masterful page turner you won't be able to put down. The story of MI9 is one of the most inspiring and exciting of all WWII narratives. -- Alex Kershaw, author of Avenue of Spies

"""A masterful page turner you won't be able to put down. The story of MI9 is one of the most inspiring and exciting of all WWII narratives."" -- ""Alex Kershaw, author of Avenue of Spies"" ""Behind every Allied great escape in WWII there stood the brave and resourceful men and women of MI9, an intelligence organization today almost completely forgotten...A masterful retelling with a fascinating cast of characters straight out of a John le Carr� thriller."" -- ""Mark Felton, author of Castle of the Eagles"" ""Important, informative and engaging. Fry draws an engrossing picture of the commitment and courage of tens of thousands of agents who helped 'escapers' and 'evaders' in the European Theater of Operations."" -- ""Michael Jago, author of The Man Who Was George Smiley"""

"""A masterful page turner you won't be able to put down. The story of MI9 is one of the most inspiring and exciting of all WWII narratives."" -- ""Alex Kershaw, author of Avenue of Spies"" ""Behind every Allied great escape in WWII there stood the brave and resourceful men and women of MI9, an intelligence organization today almost completely forgotten...A masterful retelling with a fascinating cast of characters straight out of a John le Carré thriller."" -- ""Mark Felton, author of Castle of the Eagles"" ""Important, informative and engaging. Fry draws an engrossing picture of the commitment and courage of tens of thousands of agents who helped 'escapers' and 'evaders' in the European Theater of Operations."" -- ""Michael Jago, author of The Man Who Was George Smiley"""

""A fitting tribute to the hundreds of men and women who risked their lives in assisting Allied escapees."" -- ""Sunday Times (London)"" ""A masterful retelling with a fascinating cast of characters straight out of a John le Carré thriller."" -- ""Mark Felton, author of Castle of the Eagles"" ""An engrossing picture of the commitment and courage of tens of thousands of agents who helped 'escapers' and 'evaders' in the European Theater of Operations."" -- ""Michael Jago, author of The Man Who Was George Smiley"" ""An enjoyable addition to the historiography...Recommended."" -- ""Choice"" ""Lloyd's narration--well paced and using just the right amount of nuance and emotion--makes a surprising difference in one's listening experience. One expects an intense presentation, yet Lloyd's deliberate and steady tone more vividly brings to life the many individuals who collaborated across nations to help Allies escape from and elude the Nazi war machine."" -- ""AudioFile"" ""A masterful page turner you won't be able to put down. The story of MI9 is one of the most inspiring and exciting of all WWII narratives."" -- ""Alex Kershaw, author of Avenue of Spies""

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Helen Fry is a specialist in the history of British Intelligence. She is the author of The Walls Have Ears, The London Cage, and over twenty books focusing on intelligence and POWs in World War II. Helen Lloyd is a British actor and voice artist who, since recording her first voiceover at the age of fourteen, has spent much of her career speaking other people's words and bringing characters to life. A classically trained actor, she has performed in many of Britain's leading repertory theatres and in the West End. She began narrating audiobooks in 2013.

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