Code Name Hélène

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Product Details
Price
$18.00  $16.74
Publisher
Vintage
Publish Date
Pages
496
Dimensions
5.2 X 7.9 X 1.1 inches | 0.8 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780525565499

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About the Author
ARIEL LAWHON is a critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction. Her books have been translated into numerous languages and have been Library Reads, One Book One County, Indie Next, Costco, and Book of the Month Club selections. She lives in the rolling hills outside Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband and four sons. She splits her time between the grocery store and the baseball field.
Reviews
"Ariel Lawhon delivers in Code Name Hélène. This fully animated portrait of Nancy Wake-- underground operative, charmer in red lipstick, loving wife, and hard-hitting woman of her times, will fascinate readers of World War II history and thrill fans of fierce, brash, independent women, alike. A stark exploration of the remarkable difference one person, willing to rise in the face of fear, can make."--LISA WINGATE, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours

"Fascinating."--NEW YORK POST "REQUIRED READING"

"A spellbinding work of historical fiction. . . [and] one of the most sensual romance novels you've ever read. . . She is real, this really did happen is the mantra you may find yourself repeating, in awe of every page."--BOOKPAGE, *STARRED*

"A compulsively readable account of a little-known yet extraordinary historical figure--Lawhon's best book to date."--KIRKUS REVIEW, *STARRED*

"Magnificent. . . Lawhon carries us into the heart of the French resistance [and] into the mind of a badass heroine with uncanny instincts who takes on the Nazis and men's arrogant sexism with uncommon bravado. . . Even long after the last page is turned, this astonishing story of Wake's accomplishments will hold readers in its grip."--BOOKLIST, *STARRED*

"Readers will be transfixed by the story of a woman who should be a household name."--LIBRARY JOURNAL *STARRED*

"Riveting. . . [A] stunning, moving story."--BOOKREPORTER.COM

"Masterful. . . Exhaustively researched and vividly woven. . . As much an epic love story as an engrossing narrative of an unlikely anti-Nazi combatant. . . Lawhon has proven herself a master at her craft, and she does readers a great service with Code Name Hélène."--CHAPTER16

"Captivating. . . [Lawhon] sweeps readers into Nancy's wry, fast-talking, first-person account of her adventures. . . While Nancy cuts a vivid, stylish figure through the novel's pages, her supporting case is also well drawn [and] Lawhon's elegant plotting makes them shine. . .Lawhon's gripping narrative gives 'Hélène' her due."--SHELF AWARENESS

"Gripping...Lawhon throws readers into the middle of the action... Lawhon's vivid, fast-paced narrative will keep readers turning the pages, and a detailed afterword makes plain how much of the account is factual. This entertaining tale does justice to Lawhon's larger-than-life subject."
--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY