{"product_id":"the-last-secret-agent-pippa-latour-with-jude-dobson","title":"The Last Secret Agent - Pippa Latour with Jude Dobson","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"is-hidden__small\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"is-hidden__small\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-v-330cd4a9=\"\" class=\"product-keynote\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe extraordinary untold story of Pippa Latour, who parachuted into occupied France in 1944 as an undercover agent.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-330cd4a9=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e'The most remarkable story of a most courageous woman'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e- Hon Judith Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the astounding true story of one of the last female special operations agents in France to get out alive after its liberation in WWII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in 1921, Pippa Latour became a covert special operations agent who parachuted into a field in Nazi-occupied Normandy. Trained by the British, Pippa was lauded for her fluency with languages and her coding ability - attributes she put to remarkable use when she posed as a teenage soap-seller, often selling her wares to the German soldiers and sending back information via code to England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncredibly brave - Pippa knew she could be instantly shot if her cover was blown - she concealed her codes on a piece of silk that she threaded through a shoelace and wore as a hair tie. She bicycled around the region, often sleeping rough and foraging for food.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring her time in Normandy, Pippa sent 135 secret messages conveying crucial information on German troop positions in the lead-up to D-Day. Pippa continued her mission until the liberation of Paris in August 1944.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor decades, Pippa told no one - not even her family - of her incredible feats during WWII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, for the first time, her story can be told in full.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-330cd4a9=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-v-330cd4a9=\"\" class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-v-330cd4a9=\"\" class=\"header-top\"\u003eAuthor bio:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFollowing the war, Pippa settled in New Zealand where she raised four children. For decades, Pippa told no one - not even her family - of her incredible feats during WWII.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor seventy years, Pippa's contributions to the war effort were largely unheralded, but she was finally given her due in 2014 when she was awarded France's highest military decoration, the Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur (Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePippa was the last surviving F (French) Section Special Operations (SOE) agent from World War II. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePippa finally decided to tell her remarkable story, written with the assistance of TV personality and award-winning historical documentary producer and writer Jude Dobson.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eJude has been researching\/writing, producing and directing WWI and WWII content for the past six years. She won the New York Radio Awards Bronze Award in 2023 in the historical documentary category, for an Anzac Day audio documentary about WWII aviators telling their stories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePippa chose Jude to tell her story and they formed a close bond before Pippa's death in 2023, at the age of 102.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\" data-v-330cd4a9=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44705429323930,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/last-secret-agent-9781991006561.jpg?v=1712961199","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.live\/products\/the-last-secret-agent-pippa-latour-with-jude-dobson","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}