Disclosure: We are an affiliate of and Conversational will earn a commission if you click one of the above links and make a purchase.Code Name: Lise by Larry Loftis brings to life the most highly decorated woman spy.

Published by Gallery Books, New York, 2019. How many other stories of women remain untold?Ĭode Name: Lise, by Larry Loftis, is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and local booksellers. Larry Loftis produces a wonderful tale that sheds light on an incredible woman doing simply what she saw as her duty during a worldwide crisis. Odette Sansom’s story is like that of so many women throughout history: invisible until someone becomes interested enough to do the difficult work of recreating their life stories. Admittedly, it can get a bit confusing at times with a large cast of characters with some similar names - both real and assumed - making it tough to keep up with who’s who and what side they’re on. Through very effective and efficient use of primary documents, the author capably recounts dialogue that makes each scene in the book come alive. In Code Name: Lise, you’ll be faced with English spies, members of the French resistance, Italian military, Italian spies, German military, the Gestapo, German spies, and those serving both sides. The most harrowing part of the book showcases Odette’s incredible natural talents for espionage - and her time in prison. This book is a page-turner with each chapter leaving the reader desperate to discover Odette’s fate and that of her lover. She also finds love as she learns secret information.

Through an interesting string of events, she ends up in life-and-death training for spies. While there, Odette begins to feel guilty about leading a peaceful existence while war ravages her homeland. With her husband in the army, she and her daughters move to the English countryside to escape the German bombing. It reads like a best-selling espionage thriller, and it’s a perfect book for summer.įrench by birth, Odette married an Englishman and had two daughters. Code Name: Lise by Larry Loftis is the true story of Odette Sansom, a woman who went from housewife to WWII’s most highly decorated spy.

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