The Saboteur: True Adventures Of The Gentleman Commando Who Took On The Nazis by

Some wear to cover \n\nIn the tradition of \u2018Agent Zigzag\u2019 comes a breathtaking biography of WWII\u2019s \u2018Scarlet Pimpernel\u2019 as fast-paced and emotionally intuitive as the best spy thrillers. This celebrates unsung hero Robert de La Rochefoucauld, an aristocrat turned anti-Nazi saboteur, and his exploits as a British Special Operations Executive-trained resistant\n\nWhen the Nazis invaded France during the Second World War and imprisoned his father, Robert de La Rochefoucauld \u2013 a scion of one of the oldest aristocratic families in France \u2013 escaped to England and trained in the dark arts of anarchy and combat. Under the guidance of SOE spies, he learned to crack safes, plant bombs and kill enemies with his bare hands.\n\nThen, back in France, he organised Resistance cells, killed Nazi officers and interfered with German missions. He survived unbearable torture and escaped Nazi confinement on not one but two occasions, to live well into his eighties. The ad.