Some book news. Operation Liberty, book twelve in my Eve’s War Heroines of SOE series, is #1 on Amazon’s Hot New Releases French Fiction chart.

#Books #Novels #WW2 #France #SOE #1940s

My latest translation, the Dutch version of Operation Watchmaker, Eve’s War Heroines of SOE, book eight.

#Books #Novels #WW2 #SOE #FrenchResistance #1940s #Dutch #Netherlands

Some book news. Operation Zigzag, Eve’s War Heroines of SOE book one, is #1 on Amazon’s genre charts in America and France 🙂

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Yesterday, we published Operation Butterfly, book eleven in my Eve’s War Heroines of SOE series. I’m pleased to say that the book is doing well on Amazon’s genre charts.

#Books #WW2 #France #SOE #FrenchResistance

Operation Butterfly and Operation Liberty are books eleven and twelve in my Eve’s War Heroines of SOE series. The books, which bring the series to a close, will be released this summer and autumn. I’m delighted to say that both books are currently in the top ten of Amazon’s Hot New Releases 🙂

#SOE #WW2 #France #Books #Novels #1940s

Another vintage car from my research, a Talbot Lago T150 SS Teardrop Coupe, which features in Operation Zigzag, Eve’s War, Heroines of SOE book one.

#Cars #WW2 #Vintage #1940s #France #SOE

The SOE had a team of boffins who designed everything from pen guns, to exploding cow pats to clothes in the latest French fashions. One of the tricks they employed was ageing, for clothing, briefcases and money. To age money the women in the Cover and Documentations department used to wear freshly minted banknotes in their brassieres to soften the notes.

#SOE #WW2 #France #1940s #Fashion #Gadgets

Pearl Witherington was one of the most remarkable women of the Second World War. As an SOE agent she was the only woman to lead a network in France, the Wrestler network, plus a Maquis of 4,000 men. Here Pearl practices the signature of Genevieve Touzalin, a secretary in a match company, her undercover alias.

#SOE #France #WW2 #1940s #Handwriting #Calligraphy

The Special Operations Executive manual, published in 1943, offered this advice: “To make your face look younger, apply hot towels, then apply alum all over the face. This tightens the skin considerably and when talcum is applied afterwards gives a fresh young appearance.”

Other beauty advice is available.

#SkinCare #Beauty #WW2 #SOE #Cosmetics #Makeup

Heroes and Heroines of the Special Operations Executive.

Alix Marrier d’Unienville. While serving in France, Alix was captured by, and escaped from, the Gestapo. In later life, she became an author. Full story here:

https://hannah-howe.com/eves-war/alix-marrier-dunienville/

#WW2 #SOE #FrenchResistance #Heroines #1940s #France

When you publish a book, in this case Operation Jedburgh, you are never sure what readers will think of it, so it’s always a relief when the first review comes through.

#WW2 #Books #SOE #1940s

Some book news. I have three books in the top fifty of Amazon’s Hot New Releases, Historical Fiction: Operation Jedburgh, Eve’s War book ten, just published; Tula, book one in my Golden Age of Hollywood series, to be published this summer; and Operation Butterfly, Eve’s War book eleven, also to be published this summer.

#Books #Movies #Hollywood #Cinemastodon #WW2 #SOE

My latest translations, the Dutch version of Operation Sherlock, book five in my Eve’s War Heroines of SOE series, and the Afrikaans version of Love and Bullets, book two in my Sam Smith Mystery Series.

#Dutch #Afrikaans #WW2 #SOE #FrenchResistance #MysteryFiction #Books

Some book news. Operation Zigzag, book one in my Eve’s War Heroines of SOE series, is currently number one on the Amazon genre charts.

#Books #WW2 #France #SOE

Soe (Teil 3)
Soe wusste nicht, wie viel Zeit vergangen war, als sich ihr Blick wieder klärte. Abrupt setzte sie sich auf. Die Gnomin, die neben ihr stand, wich instinktiv einen Schritt zurück. Soes Hand schnellte vor, griff sie am Kragen und hob sie mühelos auf Augenhöhe. Im selben Moment packte sie einen Schraubenzieher, der neben ihr lag und stach ihn in Richtung der Gnomin, sie stoppte nur wenige Zentimet
https://www.dnddeutsch.de/soe-teil-3/
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Soe (Teil 2)
„Hey Blechkiste!“ Soe fuhr reflexartig herum und spannte ihre Muskeln an. In einem Hauseingang stand eine Gestalt, um einiges kleiner als sie selbst. Sie trug einen Umhang, eine Kapuze verdeckte das Gesicht. Eine Gnomin trat in das schummerige Licht der Gasse.
https://www.dnddeutsch.de/soe-teil-2/
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As part of their psychological assessment, the would-be agents at the SOE training school were shown Rorschach‘s inkblots, including card nine, the card featured here. Most of the students interpreted this image as dragons, which coincidentally is my interpretation.

#Psychology

#History

#WW2

#SOE

Pearl Witherington’s story, part 4.

This (declassified) note is from MI5 who looked into Pearl’s background when she volunteered for SOE training.

Initially, Pearl worked as a secretary for the British Embassy in Paris before helping her mother and sisters to escape from France.

Pearl showed great ingenuity in helping her family to escape and M15 concluded that she was a suitable candidate for training.

#WW2

#History

#1940s

#France

#SOE

I’ve been active on Mastodon for four days and already I’ve interacted more often than during the past two years on Twitter. If you share any of my interests I’d like to connect with you.

My interests

#writing
#publishing
#books
#genealogy
#SOE
#chess
#Wales
#Europe
#VintageMusic
#VintageMovies
#Hollywood

Soe
Zwei Arme, mattes Metall, dunkles Blaugrau. Beide Hände halten kurze Schwerter, die Klingen feucht und rot. Auf dem rechten Arm ein Symbol. Ein Kreis mit zehn Strahlen daran, darunter Buchstaben – oder Zahlen: SoE oder 3o5? War das ein Name? Ihr Name? Sein Name?
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