He tells her that she will be sent to France as a secret agent, and if she's caught, she's going to be shot.

I'm Helen Obalam Carter, and this is history's secret heroes, where I shine a light on extraordinary stories from World War II.

What they wanted was someone to get themselves arrested and sent to Auschwitz.

Tales of deception and incredible acts of resistance and courage.

She was a born soldier.

She's a freedom fighter in its widest sense.

The brand new series of history's secret heroes.

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Hello, we've got more book suggestions,

including the adventures of a seafaring gorilla

and a war photographer's quest to discover who murdered him.

With me to tell you about books they love

are first the actor Nina Sasanya,

whose many TV appearances include W1A, Last Tango in Halifax,

and most recently Baby Rindeer.

Among other feature films, Nina starred in love, actually,

and the end we start from.

And last year she was on stage at the National in The Other Place.

With her is the poet Joelle Taylor, whose most recent collection, and I'm going to have to read this out, C plus N, T.O and other poems, won both the T.S. Eliot and Polari Book Prizes, and is currently being adapted for the stage and for television.

Joel's first novel The Night Alphabet came out last year

and will be available in paperback in April.

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