Code Name Verity
By Elizabeth Wein
Published by
Electric Monkey
ISBN 978 1 4052 5821 0
Category Historical Fiction
Summer 2012
Synopsis
Two young women become unlikely best friends during WWII, until one is captured by the Gestapo.
Only in wartime could a stalwart lass from Manchester rub shoulders with a Scottish aristocrat, one a pilot, the other a special operations executive. Yet whenever their paths cross, they complement each other perfectly and before long become devoted to each other. But then a vital mission goes wrong, and one of the friends has to bail out of a faulty plane over France. She is captured by the Gestapo and becomes a prisoner of war. The story begins in “Verity’s†own words, as she writes her account for her captors.
Truth or lies? Honour or betrayal? Everything they’ve ever believed in is put to the test…
Author's Biography
Elizabeth Wein was born in New York, and grew up in England, Jamaica and Pennsylvania. She is married with two children and now lives in Perth, Scotland.
Elizabeth is a member of the Ninety-Nines, the International Organization of Women Pilots. She was awarded the Scottish Aero Club's Watson Cup for best student pilot in 2003 and it was her love of flying that partly inspired the idea for Code Name Verity.
Reviews
‘It has been a while since I was so captivated by a character. . . Code Name Verity is one of those rare things: an exciting – and affecting – female adventure story.’ (Guardian, April 2012)
‘This is a rich and rewarding adventure story with multi-layered heroines and complicated emotions. All 450 pages really do fly by. (The Scotsman April 2012)
"I liked Code Name Verity enormously… you are sucked into the viewpoint and don't realise for a long time that everything is double edged and has a second meaning. The vibrancy of the two young women was very refreshing too.†Helen Dunmore, April 2012)
Price £ 7.99 Binding: Paperback Publication date 02/02/12