KH: This book was nowhere near as gripping as "A Woman of No Importance." If you have to choose which one to read, read that one and not this one.
I am sure Odette deserved her awards at the end of the war, but you would not be able to learn much about why from reading this book. The author works so hard to describe the love relationship of Peter and Odette, we learn very little about the spying and sabotage they were engaged in in France before they were arrested.
I came away thinking that she must have gotten the honors for her stoic resistance to torture and survival of inhumane imprisonment. I would really like to know more about what she did in the time before she was arrested and imprisoned. The SPINDLE circuit that she was part of was credited with a great deal of helpful sabotage and information gathering in France before Peter and Odette were arrested. But what did they do? We know they tied to find sites for planes to land and to drop things by parachute, but what else?
The writer explains how carefully he based the story on actual records, and I believe him, but it really isn't the gripping love story that he thinks it is or a gripping story of...
United States on Oct 18, 2023
john: Excellent product, excellent delivery
United Kingdom on Sep 26, 2023
Peter Brosseau: Excellent read, would recommend it highly.
Canada on Aug 24, 2023
Amazon Customer: This true story should be taught in schools it is epic. Children today should know the sacrifice of the people that fought so we could be free. Even to the extent that United States did not want to join the European war until Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese
Canada on Aug 02, 2023
Deborah Porter: I liked that in pulls you into the life of this female spy, it was so well written I actually felt I was there as the spy at that time and place..excellent read
Canada on Jun 26, 2023
Linda.g: Interesting to read keeping in mind the heroes during that time
Canada on Jun 10, 2023
BGH Kindle: Odette Sansom was one of the most highly decorated spies in English history; male of female. You will not find what she did to deserve her awards in this book.
Odette was an agent of the “F” (French) section of the SOE. The. “F” section has been mistreated by history, mostly because the section spent most of WWII having to fend off attacks by De Gaulle that were nearly as ferocious as those of the nazies. SOE had to organize a separate section (Free French) to support De Gaulle’s organization. The latter was despised by Roosevelt and barely tolerated by Churchill (e.g., De Gaulle was excluded from the D-Day planning, he was not told the date of the D-day until the 4th of June; the Free French division that was a part of the D-day got its orders before De Gaulle learned of the day of the invasion) Since the history is written by the winners, the stories of section “F” operatives that were separate from the triumphs of the Free French have been infrequent until recently. This book is one of those stories that are irresistible to a WWII buff.
The book is chronological. The first half describes the life of Odette Sansom before the war, her decision to join...
United States on Dec 20, 2020
Gini horst: Final Book Review
My final book review is on the book “Code Name: Lise”. It was written by American author, attorney, and adjunct professor of law at the University of Florida Larry Loftis. Known for his international best seller “Into the Lion’s Mouth” which is the true story of Dusko Popov a WWII spy and the real-life inspiration for the international nonfiction spy thriller “James Bond”. Among the more known characters of World War II, such as Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, or Eisenhower, there are lesser-known heroes and heroines. Loftis, intrigued by the history of World War II, wants to bring the unsung heroes the honor they deserve for their service, one of these heroines is Odette Samson.
Published on January 15, 2019 “Code Name: Lise” captors the life of an ordinary mother who finds that it is her duty to fight against the Germans in the heart of occupied France. This twisted nonfiction thriller shows the courage, love, and determination that any spy during World WarII aspired to have. “Code Name: Lise” captors the reader and makes them feel apart of Odette Samson’s journey.
After Loftis wrote the book “Into the Lion’s Mouth” he went to...
United States on Jan 14, 2020
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| Total Reviews | 103 reviews | 918 reviews | 685 reviews |
| Women in History | Women in History | ||
| Best Sellers Rank | #128 in Women in History#379 in World War II History #547 in Women's Biographies | #2 in Espionage True Accounts#3 in Political Intelligence#4 in Intelligence & Espionage History | #42 in World War II Historical Fiction #107 in 20th Century Historical Fiction#570 in Literary Fiction |
| Women's Biographies | Women's Biographies | ||
| Paperback | 400 pages | 384 pages | 320 pages |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1501198663 | 978-1101904213 | 978-1335284808 |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4/5 stars of 3,636 ratings | 4.7/5 stars of 30,572 ratings | 4.5/5 stars of 17,270 ratings |
| World War II History (Books) | World War II History | ||
| Publisher | Gallery Books; Reprint edition | Crown; Reprint edition | Hanover Square Press; Original edition |
| Language | English | English | English |
| Item Weight | 13.6 ounces | 11.8 ounces | 8.5 ounces |
| ISBN-10 | 1501198661 | 1101904216 | 133528480X |
| Dimensions | 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches | 5.07 x 0.95 x 7.94 inches | 5.33 x 0.79 x 7.97 inches |
United States on Oct 29, 2023