This is the fascinating true story of this extremely brave SOE officer and partly covers his former wife Odette’s tale as well. A fluent French speaker, excellent athlete, and a highly intelligent ma, Peter Churchill was seemingly the perfect choice for the SOE. However, he tended to be a bit impulsive and careless, qualities for which he paid a heavy price.

This well-researched and clearly written book covers his missions to France, his working relationships with his French colleagues and his romance. The story of the controversy surrounding the film about Odette and his time in the SOE is especially interesting.

I received this free ebook from NetGalley in return for an honest review.

This complete account of Peter Churchills wartime activities with the British Army and the SOE in France, brings together all the various elements that have been available in the public domain at various times since the end of WWII. The detail that the author extracts from these elements reads like a fictional novel by Ian Fleming but nevertheless is true and the reader can imagine a documentary in the future that would bring his amazing life to a wider audience in the 21st Century.

The content in the book is important to us today as it shows the initiative, resilience and bravery of those fighting the NAZI regime, the cooperation that can be achieved amongst disparate groups despite personal disagreements and rivalries. Peter Churchill was adept in fooling his adversaries over his name and let them believe he was related to the British Prime Minister using that assumption for his own ultimate survival.

An excellent read