Allan Mallinson

Break-out and betrayal in Occupied Europe

Helen Fry describes MI9’s efforts to help escapees return home, while Patrick Marnham unravels a complex story of double-cross

Jean Moulin, hero of the French Resistance, whose death Patrick Marnham throws new light on. Credit: Getty Images.

  • MI9: A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in World War Two

    Helen Fry

    Yale, pp. 327, £20

  • War in the Shadows: Resistance, Deception and Betrayal in Occupied France

    Patrick Marnham

    Oneworld, pp. 363, £20

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