I Was a Spy!: The Classic Account of Behind-the-Lines Espionage in the First World War By Marthe McKenna,Winston Churchill

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“The Greatest War Story of All – Takes rank with All Quiet on the Western Front. She fulfilled in every respect the conditions which made the terrible profession of a spy dignified and honourable. Dwelling behind the German line within sound of cannon, she continually obtained and sent information of the highest importance to the British Intelligence Authorities. Her tale is a thrilling one … the main description of her life and intrigues and adventures is undoubtedly authentic. I was unable to stop reading it until 4 a.m.”Winston Churchill 1932With her medical studies cut short by the 1914 German invasion, her house burned down and her father arrested for suspected ‘sharpshooting’, it was perhaps unsurprising that the multi-lingual Marthe Mckenna (née Cnockaert, codename ‘Laura’) was recruited by British Intelligence. At the time she worked as a nurse tending the wounds of occupying soldiers, and as a waitress in her parents’ café in the Belgian border town of Roulers. I Was a Spy! is McKenna’s vivid narrative of these breathtaking adventures as she, aided by a gallant band of loyal locals, goes undercover to sabotage enemy phone lines, report suspicious activity or train movements, and even instigate an aerial attack on a planned visit by the Kaiser.This thrilling account goes on to explain how, in 1916, the young nurse was caught by the Germans placing dynamite in a disused sewer tunnel underneath an ammunition dump. She was sentenced to the firing squad and only survived due to the Iron Cross honor received as a result of her earlier medical service . Mckenna was later mentioned by Douglas Haig in British Despatches and was awarded the French and Belgian Orders of the Legion of Honour for her espionage work.

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Marthe Cnockaert is a twentyish Belgian medical student in 1914 when the Germans come pounding across the Belgian border. Like most educated young people of this generation, Marthe sees her life crumbling in front of her face when the Germans haul her father away as a suspected sharpshooter and they set fire to her house. Marthe and her mother bravely go about rebuilding their lives which includes Marthe getting a job tending to wounded German and Allied soldiers in a makeshift triage hospital in the town of Roulers, and she probably would have finished the war as a dedicated nurse if her life didn't take an enormous turn. Marthe is enlisted as a spy by the British and told to report on train movements and any suspicious activity. Using enormous courage and gumption, Marthe goes undercover to sabotage enemy phone lines and conduct counter-espionage endeavors. With rich detail and flowing narration, Ms. McKenna provides a rare glimpse behind the lines, to the lives and losses of ordinary Belgians under the most trying of circumstances. When Marthe is caught, her very existance hovers between life and the firing squad. Above all, "I Was a Spy" is enormously entertaining, a heart-pounding glimpse of ordinary citizens fighting incredible odds, a portrait of courage under fire.

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