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Xavier: A British Secret Agent With The French Resistance
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Colonel Richard Heslop, alias Xavier, was one of Britain's greatest Special Operations agents in France. Ingeniously orchestrating resistance groups and ruthlessly sabotaging German operations, Xavier played a crucial role in Allied espionage during the war, from late 1942 right through to D-Day.
Sent to France in the middle of the conflict, he delicately balanced clandestine missions and dangerous wartime operations on a daily basis, yet his name barely gets a mention in the accounts of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), making this insight all the more fascinating.
It is clear that Xavier's role was like no other. It was a job that involved frequent encounters with the terrifying possibilities of capture, torture and death; it was a job where a careless whisper could deliver a man into the hands of the Gestapo; and it was a job that involved acts of sabotage, espionage, theft, and sometimes even murder.
Xavier is a dramatic and compelling account of courage and endurance in the face of a merciless enemy - the true story of one of Britain's greatest secret agents.
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| Author | Richard Heslop |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Biteback Publishing |
| Place | London |
| Year | 2014 |
| ISBN | 9781849547130 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Condition | As New |
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