They Arrived by Moonlight by Jacques Doneux
This is the remarkable true story of a young Englishman who, for six perilous months, operated a secret radio set under the very noses of the Gestapo. He parachuted into enemy-occupied Belgium on a moonlit night in 1943. From then on Jacques Doneux lived with danger for twenty-four hours a day. This gripping story of his hazardous secret mission will rank as one of the most detailed, informative accounts of the day-to-day life of a wartime secret agent ever published. Doneux records the series of incredible adventures that befell him from the moment he jumped into Belgium from a Halifax bomber to the epic 23-hour trek across the Pyrenees by which he escaped into Spain from German-occupied Europe.
Jacques Doneux, an Englishman of Belgian descent, was born in London in 1908. He joined the Royal Army Service Corps as a private in 1941 and a year later volunteered for duty with SOE. His intimate knowledge of pre-war Belgium and his mastery of languages led to his selection for the mission described in the book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781903608005 |
| ISBN 10 | 1903608007 |
| Title | They Arrived by Moonlight |
| Author | Jacques Doneux |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2001-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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