<b>The extraordinary untold story of Pippa Latour, who parachuted into occupied France in 1944 as an undercover agent.</b><br/><br/><i>'The most remarkable story of a most courageous woman' </i>- Hon Judith Collins<br/><br/>This 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.<br/><br/>Born 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. <br/><br/>Incredibly 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.<br/><br/>During 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.<br/><br/>For decades, Pippa told no one - not even her family - of her incredible feats during WWII.<br/><br/>Now, for the first time, her story can be told in full.