Summary
Natasha Lester: Mademoiselle Alliance
Author of the novels *House on the Riviera* and *Dior's Secret* How did a Parisian woman, known for her beauty and glamour, find herself at the head of the largest spy network in occupied France? Morocco, 1928. Marie Madeleine Merrick is not a woman who would live peacefully in the shadow of her husband. As a polyglot, pianist and pilot, she is a woman of many talents and unusual hobbies. Because of his participation in motor racing, he is known as an extremely brave person. But it wasn't until she got involved in gathering information to help her officer husband and the French government that she was convinced that she was an adventurer at heart. Paris, 1936. year. While Europe is on the brink of war, after the breakup of her marriage, Marie Madeleine accidentally meets a mysterious spy who will change her life completely. He recruits her to help build a resistance network, and from that moment Marie Madeleine leads a risky double life, hiding her identity and gender. In time, she assumes the role of leader of the network known as the *Alliance*, despite skeptics who do not believe that one woman is capable of this. Both Marie and the agents for whom she is responsible are at every moment one step away from arrest and death. At the head of the network, he accomplishes extraordinary feats in the field of espionage and contributes to turning the tide of the war. But which undertaking is the most dangerous? Love. Natasha Lester portrays the life of Marie-Madeleine Merrick Fourcade in a powerful and moving story of resilience, reminding us how important it is to protect the ones we love and fight for them with all our might.
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