Seventy years ago, in September 1943, Pearl Witherington's parachute dropped behind enemy lines. This is her incredible story.
Carole Seymour-Jones was born in North Wales and educated at Oxford University. Her recent biography of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, A DANGEROUS LIASON, won the Marsh biography prize. Carole is Deputy President of English PEN and former chair of the Writers in Prison Committee, and coedited ANOTHER SKY, an anthology of work by writers imprisoned and persecuted for exercising their right to free expression. She is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Surrey, and has tutored creative non-fiction at City University and the Arvon Foundation.Carole is married and divides her time between London and Surrey. She has three children.
The truth is that Sebastian Faulk's novel...stands on its own, but so does She Landed by Moonlight, the long-awaited biography that Agent Pearl deserves. - The TimesDialogue is recreated, scenes are set and we are given a character's thoughts, feelings and reactions. Pearl's story [is] so well-documented and her exploits so extraordinary. - Independent Book of the WeekQuietly moving... Carol Seymour-Jones has done an excellent job in bringing Witherington's courage, commitment and ability to light, sensibly focusing on her war years when she lived to her full potential. - SpectatorIt took until 2004 - four years before her death - for her own country to belatedly present her with a CBE. As this biography makes clear, the brave and wholly admirable Pearl Witherington deserved much, much better. - Sunday TimesCarole Seymour-Jones does full justice to a truly remarkable and little-known woman. - Country LifeThis biography successfully establishes her in the pantheon of the very bravest and best, up there with such legendary figures as Violette Szabo, Andree Borrel, Madeline Damerment and Nancy Wake. - Mail on Sunday - Sebastian FaulksThoroughly researched and perceptive - The LadyThe truth is that Sebastian Faulk's novel...stands on its own, but so does She Landed by Moonlight, the long-awaited biography that Agent Pearl deserves. - The Ti
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