The White Mouse

Nancy Wake

Aug 2021 · Bolinda · Narrated by Christine Jeffery

About this audiobook

After living and working in Paris in the 1930's, Nancy married a wealthy Frenchman and settled in Marseilles. Her idyllic new life was ended by World War II and the invasion of France. Her life shattered, Nancy joined the French resistance and, later, began work with an escape-route network for allied soldiers. Eventually Nancy had to escape from France herself to avoid capture by the Gestapo. In London she trained with the Special Operations Executive as a secret agent and saboteur before parachuting back into France. Nancy became a leading figure in the Maquis of the Auvergne district, in charge of finance and obtaining arms, and helped to forge the Maquis into a superb fighting force. During her lifetime, Nancy Wake was hailed as a legend. Her autobiography recounts her extraordinary wartime experiences in her own words.

About the author

Nancy Grace Augusta Wake AC, GM, (born 1912) served as a British agent during the later part of World War II. She became a leading figure in the Maquis groups of the French Resistance and became one of the Allies' most decorated servicewomen of the war.

Christine Jeffery is an experienced Australian stage and screen actor. Christine has featured in a variety of stage shows, starring as Antigone in Antigone, Ishmael in Moby Dick and The Duchess in The Duchess of Malfi, among others. She has also featured on TV in commercials and television shows such as The Bill and Home & Away. She won the 1991 Talking Book of the Year award for her narration of Poppy by Drusilla Modjeska.