The Last Secret Agent

This is the astounding true story of one of the last female special operations agents in France.

Born in 1921, Pippa Latour parachuted into a field in Nazi-occupied Normand. Trained by the British, Pippa was lauded for her fluency with language and her coding ability – attributes she put to remarkable use when she posed as a teenage soap-seller often selling her wares to the German soldiers and sending back information to England.

Incredibly brave – Pippa knew she could be instantly shot if her cover was blown – she concealed her codes on a piece of silk that she threaded through a shoelace and wore as a hair tie.

During her time in Normandy, Pippa sent 135 secret messages conveying crucial information on German troop positions in the lead-up to D-Day. Pippa continued her mission until the liberation of Paris in August 1944.

For decades, Pippa told no one – not even her family – of her incredible feats. Now, for the first time, her story can be told in full.