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FREE CARVE HER NAME WITH PRIDE PDF R. J. Minney | 192 pages | 01 Jul 2013 | Pen & Sword Books Ltd | 9781848847422 | English | South Yorkshire, United Kingdom Carve Her Name With Pride - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Shortly after the birth of her daughter, Tania, her husband died at El Alamein. Her first trip to France was completed successfully even though she was arrested and then released by the French Police. On June 7th,Szabo was parachuted into Limoges. Her task was Carve Her Name with Pride co-ordinate the work of the French Resistance in the area in the first days after D-Day. From Paris, Violette Szabo was sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp where she was executed in January She was only 23 and for her courage was posthumously awarded The Carve Her Name with Pride Cross and the Croix de Guerre. Get A Copy. Kindle Editionpages. More Details Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Carve Her Name with Prideplease sign up. Be the first to ask a question about Carve Her Name with Pride. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Carve Her Name with Pride. Oct 19, Daniel Villines marked it as to-read. The love that I have Of the life that I have Is yours and yours and yours. A sleep I shall have A rest I shall have Yet death will be but a pause. For the peace of my years In the long green grass Will be yours and yours and yours. View 1 comment. This is hagiography, not biography. Not only is Violette without flaw or fault, the book presents myth as fact, with the shoot-out at the end that didn't happen. The book also doesn't acknowledge how SOE botched things in France. This is a book of its time, written too soon after the war for truth. Still, it's an important work of WWII spy literature, but it has to be read with a mind to what is not being said. Oct 07, Adrienne Hennessey rated it it was amazing Shelves: world-war I can't believe what a brave woman Violette Szabo was. Oct 21, Graceann rated it really liked it Shelves: historybiography. Once here, however, I was introduced to her story fairly soon, and I've admired her ever since. This biography was written fairly shortly after her death, when many of the people those who survived, anyhow were still around to share their memories of her. At first, she did war work in factories, etc. As an agent in the SOE, Violette was fearless in going behind enemy lines to gather intelligence, transmit information to agents already in place, and to put it plainly, kick ass. When I say she was fearless, I don't engage in hyperbole. There's Carve Her Name with Pride lot in Carve Her Name with Pride about just what was asked of her, Carve Her Name with Pride how well she met the challenge. She is a hero worthy of the name, and well worth one's time to discover. There was one bit missing from the book that made me a little sad. I suppose that's the peril of watching a movie before reading the source material. I had Carve Her Name with Pride the film of the same name, starring the marvelous Virginia McKenna, and a pivotal part Carve Her Name with Pride the story is a poem written by Leo Marks and recited so beautifully by McKenna as a code: The life that I have, is all that Carve Her Name with Pride have, and the life that I have is yours The love that I have of the life that I have, is yours and yours and yours A sleep I shall have, a rest I shall have, yet death will be but a pause For the peace of my years in the long green grass will be yours and yours and yours I have read, and recited, this poem many times since I first learned of it, and was looking forward to reading about it in Carve Her Name with Pride. Unfortunately, it isn't mentioned here. Though it and other poems were used during WWII until better ways to encrypt were developed, it isn't a specific part of Violette's story as told here. I felt like I was missing something in not seeing it as part of the narrative. That's the power of cinema. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book was originally published during the s, so is somewhat jingoistic in tone. However, the relative immediacy of the prose makes the reader feel as though they really knew Violette Szabo. Yet how can anyone know the person who chose to undertake some of the most dangerous war work ever devised and then when captured withstood atrocious treatment at the hands of her enemies with courage and dignity? There are a lot of broad sweeping statements in this book as the author also struggles to This book was originally published during the s, so is somewhat jingoistic in tone. There are a lot of broad sweeping statements in this book as the author also struggles to convey what is almost impossible for anyone not in that position to know. There is also much guess work and inference from the author when drawing conclusions. However, while this would usually frustrate me when it comes to a work of non-fiction, in this case I think not works adequately for the books aim Carve Her Name with Pride celebrating an individual who gave her life for get country in the most extraordinary circumstances. This book focuses completely on the life and personality of Violette Szabo, and is a fairly Carve Her Name with Pride forward biography accordingly. A little more background Carve Her Name with Pride on the work of SOE would greatly enhance the narrative and improve the book as a secondary historical source. However, as already mentioned the book was written in the s and it can be assumed that much of what is now known Carve Her Name with Pride still subject to the official secrets act at the time. I would recommend reading this book alongside histories of SOE rather than in isolation as it gives a very particular view of SOEs work that is perhaps more suited to a Hollywood blockbuster than a truly historical analysis. But as an example of how an individual can make a difference Violette Szabo will take some beating. Her story deserves to be remembered with pride, as this book's title suggest. I believe the first and only other time I have read this book was when I was about 10 years old a rather long time ago now and it left a life long impression on me. I always hoped and still do that I could be as brave, courageous and strong as Violette when my time came quite what I thought would happen to me, goodness knows. This book is quite small it that means that every word counts - there's no waffle to bulk it up. I think it's worth noting that this book was written not too long aft I believe Carve Her Name with Pride first and only other time I have read this book was when I was about 10 years old a rather long time ago now and it left a life long impression on me. I think it's worth noting that this book was written not too long after actual events. It appears the author did his best to throughly research Violette's life and interviewed as many people Carve Her Name with Pride actually I knew her as possible. What I picked up on as an adult, that passed me by as a child was the involvement of many different nations in espionage work during the Second World War. It's only Carve Her Name with Pride at here, in reference to Violette's own Carve Her Name with Pride. The British recruited and trained people of all nationalities willing to go behind enemy lines and carry out reconnaissance and espionage to help win the war. The scale and depth of the preparation was surprising. I don't know why, as it was very essential. It still upset me reading of Violette, Lillian and Danielle's treatment, torture and murders at the hand of the Nazis. Why did they do that to them? What was the point of it? I guess the Strongest overall impression the book had on me was the waste of such young lives! How much better could the world be now if such people had lived? War puts people in to a unique pressure cooker situation. Perhaps it's only then you truly find out what you are made of. Still, such Carve Her Name with Pride waste! Nov 22, Bernadette Calonego rated it it was amazing Shelves: biography. She was only 23 years old when she was executed by the Nazis.