Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan
"I do not suffer in leaving this world for I have gained my subjects' freedom."
―Monkey Chief, "The Monkey-Bridge," Twenty Jātaka Tales by Noor Inayat Khan.
Lineage: Tipu Sultan (The Tiger of Mysore) (India).
Birthplace: Moscow.
Father: Indian Sufi Muslim Mystic.
Mother: American.
Residence: France and Britain.
Occupation: Children’s author.
Indian nationalist.
World War II British spy.
Code name: Madeleine.
Tortured and executed: Dachau concentration camp (Germany).
Posthumous Medals: George Cross (Britain) and Croix de Guerre (France).
Statue: Gordon Square, London.
Don't ask who she was.
Read Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan.
Watch Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story.
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(Dan, Local History Librarian)