How did a young Parisian mother, celebrated for her beauty and glamour, come to lead the largest spy network in occupied France? 'A passionate, fiery tribute to a historical woman so extraordinary she almost defies belief.'--Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Briar Club Morocco, 1928. Marie-Madeleine M ric is not the kind of woman who stays quietly at her husband's side. Polyglot, pianist, and pilot, she is a woman of many skills, with unconventional interests--like driving in car rallies--that earn her a daredevil reputation. But dabbling in intelligence work to assist her military officer husband and the French government helps her recognize who she is at heart: an adventurer. Paris, 1936. As Europe teeters on the brink of war, Marie-Madeleine is living in France, her marriage now in shambles, when a chance encounter with an enigmatic spy turns her life upside down. He recruits her to help build a resistance network, and she conceals her
