The Princess Spy
Noor Inayat Khan Alias Nora Baker, and codenamed Madeleine, was a beautiful and talented princess. Before the war, she had bagged a degree in Child Psychology, had written a lot of poetry, as well as many children's stories. Her stories appeared in Paris newspapers and on French radio. By the time she was twenty five years old, her book, Twenty Jataka Tales, had been published in France, Britain and the United States. Noor was also an accomplished musician. Her greatest love was music and she was said to have played the harp beautifully. WW2 began the same year her book was published, and during 1940, Germany invaded France. Noor and her family became refugees and just managed to get on the last boat leaving the French coast for Britain. She joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and trained to become a wireless operator. Her excellent radio skills and fluent French brought her to the attention of SOE (The...