LITTLE CYCLONE

Coronet, London, 1973, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 0-340-17406-4.  MMPB, 189 pages.  Very good; wraps show light cover wear, tiny corner bends, bit of colour chipping along edges, faint reading crease along front spine edge; binding tight.  Interior clean and unmarked with tanned pages; black & white maps.  “It was known as the Comet Line; it was the greatest escape route in the Resistance Movement; and in its three years of life it saved over 800 airmen and soldiers from captivity, returning them to Britain.  ‘Little Cyclone’ was the nom-de-guerre of Andree de Jongh, the young Belgian girl who created the route through from Brussels to Bilbao.  And there can have been few stories to match hers in terms of courage, inspiration and loyalty in the most appalling wartime conditions.” (from rear wrap)