I so enjoyed reading this book and then to find out that a lot is based on the book by Nancy Wake. This is her story with a bit of fiction added in. She was a British intelligence person sent to France during WWII. Her job was to help the French resistance prepare the way for allied forces entering France. Nancy, also known as Helene, or Duckie, or the white mouse was born in Australia, moved to London, moved to New York, and finally moved to Paris. When she first arrived in Paris she was a reporter for Hearst Publishing. While in Paris she met her future husband and began working with the French Resistance.