Undercover Agent
How one of SOE's youngest agents helped defeat the Nazis
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Narrated by:
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Peter Noble
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Mark Seaman
About this listen
Tony Brooks was unique. He was barely out of school when recruited in 1941 by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), the wartime secret service established by Churchill to 'set Europe ablaze'. After extensive training he was parachuted into France in July 1942 - being among the first (and youngest) British agents sent to support the nascent French Resistance.
Brooks' success was primarily due to his exceptional qualities as a secret agent, although he was aided by large and frequent slices of luck. Among much else, he survived brushes with a British traitor and a notorious double agent, the Gestapo's capture of his wireless operator and subsequent attempts to trap Brooks, brief incarceration in a Spanish concentration camp, injuries resulting from a parachute jump into France and even capture and interrogation by the Gestapo - although his cover story held and he was released.
In an age when we so often take our heroes from the worlds of sport, film, television, music, fashion or just 'celebrity', it is perhaps salutary to be reminded of a young man who ended the war in command of a disparate force of some 10,000 armed resistance fighters and decorated with two of this country's highest awards for gallantry, the DSO and MC. At the time, he was just 23 years old.
This remarkable, detailed and intimate account of a clandestine agent's dangerous wartime career combines the historian's expert eye with the narrative colour of remembered events. As a study in courage, it has few, if any, equals.
©2020 Mark Seaman (P)2020 Bonnier Books UKWhat listeners say about Undercover Agent
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-04-2022
Wow. great story .
Wow what a great story with so much information. Gave soon what went on during this horrible time. The courage of these brave men and women. overall an excellent story.with excellent narration.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-08-2020
Tony Brooks - A real wartime hero!
Loved the story and the narration. Tony Brooks was an amazing leader when others failed miserably. He built an army from nothing to fight the Nazi regime whilst battling incompetent superiors back in the UK. A little too much French-language in the descriptive passages at times frustrated the listener. On balance an excellent book.
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- Jacques M
- 29-05-2022
What a great Story
So much history, so much great work from seemingly normal people, fighting against what was a crazy, & terrible time for the world. Great Read/Listen, just goes to show if you want a job done properly, do it yourself, or organise the outcome.. recommend!
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