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16-03-21, 11:22 PM
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Violet Szabo..
Can anyone recommend books and or good resources on Violet Szabo....
This request is for my wife who is preparing a short paper on Violet for a history course she is taking. The internet is full of short clips on her but was looking for something more in depth. We will be viewing the movie done in 1958 and are looking for additional source materials. She is required to address the authenticity of the movie based on known facts. Thanks in advance Jack and my wife Tanya
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16-03-21, 11:33 PM
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Whilst Wikipedia is much derided in a scholarly sense as a source in itself nontheless the References and External links sections of a Wiki page often link to more peer reviewed and academic sources.
Worth a try if this is something you’d not already looked into? Alternatively I see on the external links there is a museum plus a website maintained by her daughter who may be able to assist. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violette_Szabo Last edited by Luke H; 16-03-21 at 11:40 PM. Reason: Typo
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16-03-21, 11:44 PM
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Books on Violette Szabo
I read "Carve Her Name With Pride" on which the movie was apparently based. It was many years ago and not knowing anything on her, I considered it a good read at the time. The book is by R.J. Minney.
Amazon has a more recent book called "Violette Szabo: The Life I Have" by Susan Ottway(?). Have not read this one, so cannot comment. Good luck to your wife. Hope this helps. Regards, Ian
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17-03-21, 01:00 AM
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Violette: The Missions of SOE Agent Violette Szabó GC
(Written by her Daughter) https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=...page&q&f=false ______________________________ You could contact Juliette Pattinson at the University of Kent Link here: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/53976/ Reference: Pattinson, Juliette S (2001) Secret War: A Pictorial Record of the Special Operations Executive. Caxton, UK, 184 pp. ISBN 1-84067-291-9. E-ISBN 978-1-84067-291-6. _______________________________ The Smithsonian have an article here: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histo...szabo-1896571/ This lists a number of books and articles _______________________________ As Ian said in post #3 in this thread Susan Ottaway wrote a book (link here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Violette-Sz.../dp/1910198420) She can be directly contacted on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/susanottaway?lang=en _______________________________ The DNW link to the article that Jonathan mentioned in post #4 is here: https://www.dnw.co.uk/news-and-event...article_id=261 _______________________________ Potentially I have also found a link for her daughter - address and email - which I will DM you (although it might be a dead end or out of date - but worth a shot potentially?) Tell Tanya - Good Luck too !
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17-03-21, 01:33 PM
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there's a mural dedicated to her on the traffic island just down the road from me in Stockwell, SW London.
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