Aurore (2017) - Graham Hurley by Unknown, Graham Hurley
Barely half of the Bomber Commands aircrews survive a full tour, but wireless operator Billy Angell has beaten the odds and completed his 30th and final mission. Now, Billy is due two-weeks leave, a posting to a training squadron and a six-month exemption from active duty., Except that MI5 need an airman to drop into Nazi-occupied France., MI5 are interested in Hlne Lafosse, a Frenchwoman keeping unusual company in her small family chteau in the depths of the Touraine. Hlne has begun an affair with a senior Abwehr intelligence officer, who, in return, has turned a blind eye to the succession of Jews, refugees, resistance fighters and downed Allied airmen to whom she offers shelter. MI5 believe they can exploit this relationship and plant a false lead about the anticipated allied invasion of northern France., It falls to Billy, playing a downed airman, to find Hlne, to win her confidence and to plant a lie that will only make sense to her German lover. But this time, Billy isnt flying
Historical Fiction
Aurore (2017) - Graham Hurley
Unknown, Graham Hurley
Category: Historical Fiction
Tags: Historical Fiction
Barely half of the Bomber Commands aircrews survive a full tour, but wireless operator Billy Angell has beaten the odds and completed his 30th and final mission. Now, Billy is due two-weeks leave, a posting to a training squadron and a six-month exemption from active duty., Except that MI5 need an airman to drop into Nazi-occupied France., MI5 are interested in Hlne Lafosse, a Frenchwoman keeping unusual company in her small family chteau in the depths of the Touraine. Hlne has begun an affair with a senior Abwehr intelligence officer, who, in return, has turned a blind eye to the succession of Jews, refugees, resistance fighters and downed Allied airmen to whom she offers shelter. MI5 believe they can exploit this relationship and plant a false lead about the anticipated allied invasion of northern France., It falls to Billy, playing a downed airman, to find Hlne, to win her confidence and to plant a lie that will only make sense to her German lover. But this time, Billy isnt flying
