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The Grand Prix saboteurs : the Grand Prix drivers who became British secret agents during World War II / Joe Saward.
- Title
- The Grand Prix saboteurs : the Grand Prix drivers who became British secret agents during World War II / Joe Saward.
- Author
- Saward, Joe.
- Publication
- London, UK : Morienval Press, 2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | D810.S7 S25 2006 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 363 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.
- Summary
- James Bond meets Michael Schumacher The idea of racing drivers working as secret agents is at best far-fetched but The Grand Prix Saboteurs tells the amazing TRUE story of how three top Grand Prix drivers from the 1920s and 1930s worked for a clandestine British secret service in occupied France, during World War II. The product of 18 years of research, The Grand Prix Saboteurs tells a story that remained top secret until the British Government finally agreed to release them in 2003. The book dazzles with swashbuckling escapes, shocking betrayals and a story you will never forget.
- Subjects
- 1900-1999
- World War > (1939-1945)
- Special Operations Executive (SOE)
- Wimille, Jean-Pierre
- Szabo, Violette
- Suttill, Francis
- Khan, Noor Inayat, Princess
- Hall, Virginia
- Grover, Willy
- Buckmaster, Maurice
- Borrel, Andree
- Bloch, Denise
- Biographies
- History
- Grand Prix racing > History > 20th century
- Automobile racing drivers > Biography
- Spies > Great Britain > Biography
- Espionage, British > France > History > 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service > Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-355) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9780955486807 (pbk.)
- 0955486807
- LCCN
- ^^2007390589
- OCLC
- 122313947
- SCSB-11157107
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library