Her Finest Hour: The Heroic Life of Diana Rowden, Wartime Secret Agent

Marilyn G. said A Must Read!. This biography is a wonderful tribute to the very brave and courageous Diana Rowden, World War II secret agent for the SOE (Special Operations Executive). The author has obviously spent many years of meticulous research to record all the details of Diana’s life and the events during her time in England and France. It is at times harrowing to read of the agony and trauma many SOE agents suffered and particularly Diana in the horrific final hours of her life. I found it hard to put down once I . Five Stars A lire! très beau livre

About the AuthorGabrielle McDonald-Rothwell is the author of The Sunken Garden, New Zealand’s Secret Heroes, and The Man with Nine Lives.

Hunted at every turn by the Gestapo, Diana worked tirelessly for the Allied war effort, sabotaging the Nazi-requisitioned Peugeot factory and providing the British military with frequent radio messages. In the ultimate tale of intrigue, Gabrielle McDonald-Rothwell relates how Diana's escapades ended up in betrayal by one of her own colleagues, and the final desperation of the concentration camps—murdered by her captors with the end of the war in sight. This full biography, untold until now, attempts for the first time to honor Diana's service to her countr

Gabrielle McDonald-Rothwell is the author of The Sunken Garden, New Zealand’s Secret Heroes, and The Man with Nine Lives.