Churchills Secret Messenger, Alan Hlad
Churchills Secret Messenger, Alan Hlad
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Churchill's Secret Messenger
A WW2 Novel of Spies & the French Resistance

Author: Alan Hlad

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 11 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/10/2021


Synopsis

A riveting story of World War II and the courage of one young woman as she is drafted into Churchill's overseas spy network, aiding the French Resistance behind enemy lines and working to liberate Nazi-occupied Paris.

London, 1941: In a cramped bunker in Winston Churchill's Cabinet War Rooms, underneath Westminster's Treasury building, civilian women huddle at desks, typing up confidential documents and reports. Since her parents were killed in a bombing raid, Rose Teasdale has spent more hours than usual in Room 60, working double shifts, growing accustomed to the burnt scent of the Prime Minister's cigars permeating the stale air. Winning the war is the only thing that matters, and she will gladly do her part. And when Rose's fluency in French comes to the attention of Churchill himself, it brings a rare yet dangerous opportunity.

Rose is recruited for the Special Operations Executive, a secret British organization that conducts espionage in Nazi-occupied Europe. After weeks of grueling training, Rose parachutes into France with a new codename: Dragonfly. Posing as a cosmetics saleswoman in Paris, she ferries messages to and from the Resistance, knowing that the slightest misstep means capture or death.


About Alan Hlad

Alan Hlad is the internationally bestselling author of historical fiction novels inspired by real people and events of WWI and WWII, including The Book Spy, Churchill's Secret Messenger, A Light Beyond the Trenches, and the USA Today and IndieBound bestseller The Long Flight Home. A member of the Historical Novel Society, Literary Cleveland, Novelitics, and the Akron Writers' Group, he is a frequent speaker at conferences, literary events, and book club gatherings. He currently divides his time between Ohio and Portugal.


Reviews

4.5 strong and well deserved stars! I had read Alan Hlad’s debut book, The Long Flight Home and really enjoyed it so when I discovered that he had written a second book I was excited to read it. Churchill’s Secret Messenger was equally as enjoyable as his first book. I actually own a copy of this bo......more

Goodreads review by Karren on June 23, 2021

London 1941. Rose Teasdale is a typist in room 60, its part of Winston Churchill’s War Cabinet and it’s situated underneath Westminster’s Treasury building. Sworn to secrecy, civilian women work around the clock, manning the switchboards and typing up official documents. Rose’s mother was French, as......more

Goodreads review by Jane on April 29, 2021

4 stars You can read all of my reviews at Nerd Girl Loves Books. This is a very good historical fiction book about one of Churchill's female SOE agents who works to sabotage the German military in Nazi-occupied France. Rose works in Winston Churchill’s Cabinet War Rooms, underneath Westminster’s Treasu......more

Goodreads review by Literary on February 16, 2021

Scads have been written of late about Churchills’s secret agents and the French Resistance during WWII. Yet I found author Alan Hlad’s treatment thrilling and was glued to the pages as we meet Rose Teasdale, who becomes a British spy after her family perishes in the Blitz, and Lazare Aron, a Resista......more

This is a book of historical fiction based to some extent on the accounts of those who acted for the British and the French Resistance in Nazi-held Europe. The principal characters are Rose, a typist in Churchill’s London underground office pool. And Lazare, a Paris man whose parents have raised him......more