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They Arrived by Moonlight (Hardcover)

by Jacques Doneux (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: St Ermin's Press (1 Feb 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1903608007
  • ISBN-13: 978-1903608005
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 736,195 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Doneux reveals his six perilous months operating a secret radio-set under the very noses of the Gestapo. He parachuted into enemy-occupied Belgium on a moonlit night in 1943 and lived with danger 24 hours a day. Here he records his adventures, including a 23-hour trek across the Pyrenees.

About the Author
Jacques Doneux, an Englishman of Belgian descent, was born in London in 1908. He joined the Royal Army Service Corps as a private in 1941 and a year later volunteered for duty with SOE. His intimate knowledge of pre-war Belgium and his mastery of languages led to his selection for the mission described in the book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Occupied Europe seen from the inside, 6 Jan 2002
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This is an interesting account by a secret agent working as a wireless operator in occupied Belgium during the second world war.

The author is an Englishman of Belgian descent who volunteers to parachute into his family's country and support the resistance.

The book has two main elements for the reader. First it provides an insight into the danger and banality of the life of a secret agent working in enemy occupied territory. The author was lucky, he survived. Escape from arrest in the daily spot checks was mostly due to taking care and partly due to good luck on his part and boredom and perfunctoriness on the part of the controllers.

The book also provides a vivid impression of life in an occupied country, where the inhabitants have no rights and live under oppressive surveillance and the constant threat of violation by the intruder. In such a context the fear and bravery of those who helped the author each day, offering him accomodation or a site from which to operate his wireless, is all the more remarkable.

The book is set in a particular time and context, but its essential features have been and will be seen many times since. It is well worth a read.

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