Rest assured that “no - and furthermore” comes thick and fast. What’s more, we have several narratives, not just the romance and the clandestine activity but further divisions within each, yet Lawhon stitches them seamlessly, from prewar to the war’s darkest days and back. It’s got to be one of the most compelling World War II stories I’ve ever read.
Oh, and by the way, she has one of the richest, most charming men in France wrapped around her finger.įrom start to finish, Code Name Hélène will grab you and refuse to let go. None of those feats rates a byline, because Hearst won’t give her one - sexism, again. Imagine someone talking her way into a job as a stringer for Hearst, with no reporting experience, and turning that into several scoops, including an interview with Hitler, another with a much sought-after Austrian Jewish refugee, and a visit to Vienna to confirm his account of brutality.
Studio portrait of Nancy Wake, 1945, in a nursing uniform, photographer unknown (courtesy Australian War Memorial on line catalogue ID Number: P00885.001, via Wikimedia Commons public domain)
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