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A Spy on Trial: A true crime history of Mathilde Carré and the crimes of wartime espionage

by Lawson P. Rhodes
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9798245478449
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
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  • Pages: 118
  • Original Price: GBP 11.72
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 146 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Espionage

A Spy on Trial examines the life and prosecution of Mathilde Carr�, a French intelligence operative whose wartime actions placed her at the center of one of the most contested espionage cases of the Second World War.During the German occupation of France, Carr� participated in underground intelligence work that supplied information to Allied contacts. Her early role in resistance networks earned trust and responsibility, but her capture by German authorities altered the course of her involvement. Following interrogation, Carr� cooperated with enemy intelligence, a decision that contributed to the exposure and arrest of fellow agents.
After the liberation of France, her conduct became the subject of legal scrutiny. Tried and convicted for collaboration, Carr� was sentenced to death before her sentence was later commuted. Her case raised difficult questions about coercion, survival, accountability, and the limits of resistance under occupation.
Drawing on historical records, court proceedings, and contemporaneous testimony, this true crime history traces Carr�'s trajectory from clandestine operative to convicted collaborator. Rather than relying on myth or dramatization, the book presents a measured examination of espionage as both a wartime necessity and a source of criminal liability when actions result in identifiable harm.
This book offers a clear, evidence-based account of how intelligence work was judged when secrecy ended and the law reclaimed authority.

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