Odette Sansom had been a prisoner of the Gestapo for five months by October 1943. All of her toenails had been ripped from her feet. She was subsisting on just one slice of bread and a bowl of soup ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yet their decorations pale in comparison to those of a courier spy named Odette Sansom (code name: LISE). She was awarded not only ...

Women played key roles in D-Day, the Allied seaborne invasion of Nazi-held France. "Women are the hidden figures of D-Day," says journalist Sarah Rose. These are three of the British agents who ...

Orlando author Larry Loftis finds Odette Sansom, the World War II spy who’s the title figure in his “Code Name: Lise,” a compelling figure for her determination, iron will and sense of duty. “The ...

With evident sympathy, Loftis (Into the Lion’s Mouth) tells a well-researched, novelistic story of a heroine and patriot whose face recently graced a postage stamp in the U.K. This exciting portrait ...

The new book “Code Name: Lise” details the heroism of Odette Sansom, World War II’s most decorated spy. Few people have heard her story, so NBC’s Stephanie Gosk sat down with the book’s author and ...

In October 1942, Odette Sansom, a housewife turned British spy, was holed up on Gibraltar waiting for passage to Nazi-occupied France to begin her mission. She had left her three daughters at a ...

CODE NAME LISLE: THE TRUE STORY OF THE WOMAN WHO BECAME WWII’S MOST HIGHLY DECORATED SPY By Larry Loftis Gallery Books, $27, 360 pages One’s reflexive first thought is wonderment at why the British ...

This spy survived torture to make the Nazis pay for their crimes OZY: John Broich, assistant professor of history, discussed the strategic military value of Allied radio operators during World War II, ...