Spy Princess

The Life of Noor Inayat Khan

By: SHRABANI BASU

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Paperback | 3 October 2023

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288 Pages

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27.4 x 18.8 x 4.3

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This is the riveting story of Noor Inayat Khan, the
descendant of an Indian Prince Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of
Mysore, who became a British secret agent for SOE during
World War II. Shrabani Basu tells the moving story of
Noor's life from her birth in Moscow - where her father
was a Sufi preacher - to her capture by the Germans. Noor
was one of only three women SOE awarded the George Cross
and, under torture, revealed nothing but her name - but
not her real name, nor her code name, just the name she
used to register at SOE: Nora Baker. Kept in solitary
confinement, chained between hand and feet and unable to
walk upright, Noor existed on bowls of soup made from
potato peelings. Ten months after she was captured, she
was taken to Dachau and, on 13 September 1944, she was
shot. Her last word was 'Liberte'.

Industry Reviews

The inspiring Noor Inayat Khan - posthumous holder of the George Cross and the Croix de Guerre, a Muslim princess and Indian nationalist who gave everything for our freedom - ought to be as popular a heroine in British schools as Florence Nightingale once was. Basu's moving and scrupulous biography might help that to happen

-- Boyd Tonkin, Independent

The true life story of Noor Inayat Khan is the stuff legends are made of: it is indeed stranger than fiction ... It has been meticulously researched .... It makes compelling reading

-- Khushwant Singh, The Tribune (India)

One of the most inspirational stories of World War II ... Reading this book is like watching a butterfly trapped in a net

-- Christopher Hudson, Daily Mail

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