THE LAST SECRET AGENT: The Untold Story of My Life As a Spy Behind Nazi Enemy Lines
by Pippa Latour with Jude Dobson
(Allen & Unwin, $37.99)
“Dropped solo into a field, the petite, 20-something Pippa posed as a teenage girl, selling soap to German soldiers.
This June, it will be 80 years since D-Day. Pippa Latour, who died in West Auckland late last year aged 102, helped lay the groundwork for the operation’s success by acting as a secret agent in France for Britain during World War II.
“I was not a James Bond-style spy,” Latour said. “I was a secret agent whose job it was to blend into the background and cause quiet chaos.” Her role was the stuff of spy thrillers, possibly even the TV series It was exhausting
