A review by eileen9311
Nancy Wake by Peter FitzSimons

5.0

The author begins with a quote from Anne of Green Gables, and goes on to say that it ranks with Anne of the Island as Nancy Wake’s two favorite books. Since “Anne” is very high on my list as well, I was instantly intrigued. I had read a review of Nancy Wake in which the writer complained that the author’s writing skills were lacking. I disagree, and the audio version is particularly fascinating as the narrator does a great job with the various accents! This is the biography of an Australian resistance fighter who found herself at the top of the Gestapo’s most wanted list. Nancy was living a bohemian existence, working as a journalist in Paris during the years leading up to the war. After France was occupied by the Germans she became an integral leader of the French Resistance. It’s difficult to do justice to this beautiful, hard drinking, strong minded, outspoken, fearless creature! I was mesmerized throughout, perhaps partly because her exploits were so very far beyond anything I could ever imagine undertaking.