13 best-selling nonfiction books like Nancy Wake by Russell Braddon

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Nancy Wake

By: Russell Braddon

4.33

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the incredible true story of the greatest spy you’ve never heard of—as told to the author b…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Nancy Wake by Russell Braddon , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Wolves at the Door: The True Story Of America's Greatest Female Spy by Judith L. Pearson

1. Wolves at the Door: The True Story Of America's Greatest Female Spy

By: Judith L. Pearson

4.30

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Virginia Hall left her Baltimore home in 1931 to enter the Foreign Service. But, as Hitler was buil… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • womens

2. The White Mouse

By: Nancy Wake

0.00

Format: None pages,

The Gestapo called her White Mouse. Nancy Wake, a New Zealander who became one of the most highly d… read more

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3. One Man and His Dog

By: Anthony Richardson

3.81

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When Czech airman Jan Bozdech adopts an abandoned Alsatian puppy in the midst of war in 1940, littl… read more

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4. Love in an English Garden

By: Victoria Connelly

4.02

Format: 424 pages,

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Cover of Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes by Tim  Brady

5. Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes

By: Tim Brady

4.01

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

The astonishing WWII true story of a trio of fearless female resisters whose youth and innocence be… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Heroines of SOE: F Section, Britain's Secret Women in France by Beryl E. Escott

6. The Heroines of SOE: F Section, Britain's Secret Women in France

By: Beryl E. Escott

4.10

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

Female spies are often the stuff of legend and myth. Here, for the first time, Beryl Escott tells t… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • france
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7. The War in the Shadows: The Battle of the Spymasters in WWII (The Secret War)

By: Charles Whiting

4.09

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

An enthralling exposé of the spies who moved in the darkened dangerous back alleys of World War Two… read more

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Cover of Low Attack: The Story of Two Mosquito Squadrons in World War Two (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 4) by John Wooldridge

8. Low Attack: The Story of Two Mosquito Squadrons in World War Two (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 4)

By: John Wooldridge

4.08

Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition

A vivid account of two Mosquito squadrons which revolutionised aerial warfare.Perfect for people wh… read more

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9. SAS great escapes

By: Damien Lewis

4.26

Format: 10 pages, Audible Audio

No food. No water. Out of ammo. Safety is south. But between there and here is 150 miles of barren … read more

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  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • war
Cover of Into the Silk: The Dramatic True Stories of Airmen Who Baled Out — And Lived (Developments in Aviation Book 1) by Ian Mackersey

10. Into the Silk: The Dramatic True Stories of Airmen Who Baled Out — And Lived (Developments in Aviation Book 1)

By: Ian Mackersey

4.24

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

From World War Two to the Jet Age, Ian Mackersey charts the thrilling and personal accounts of airm… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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11. The Paris Affair

By: Victoria Cornwall

4.32

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

Born to a French mother and an English father, Charlotte Bray has always felt like an outsider in h… read more

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  • historical
Cover of The Berlin Sisters by Soraya M. Lane

12. The Berlin Sisters

By: Soraya M. Lane

4.48

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Secret Midwife comes a story of bravery, sacrifice and resilienc… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
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13. Where Water Lies

By: Hilary Tailor

4.17

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

How long would you let someone else’s secret control your life? Eliza has lived two lives – one … read more

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14. Sisters at War

By: Jina Bacarr

4.18

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

Paris, 1940: Two sisters separated by the Nazis… After a devastating attack, Justine and Ève Beaufo… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war
Cover of Escape From Arnhem: A Canadian Among the Lost Paratroops (Memoirs from World War Two) by Leo Heaps

15. Escape From Arnhem: A Canadian Among the Lost Paratroops (Memoirs from World War Two)

By: Leo Heaps

4.25

Format: 145 pages, Kindle Edition

The remarkable true story of a Canadian paratrooper’s escape from behind enemy lines following the … read more

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  • history
Cover of Night Intruder: A Personal Account of the Radar War Between the RAF and Luftwaffe Night-Fighter Forces (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 1) by Jeremy Howard-Williams

16. Night Intruder: A Personal Account of the Radar War Between the RAF and Luftwaffe Night-Fighter Forces (Memoirs of World War Two in the Air Book 1)

By: Jeremy Howard-Williams

4.24

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

An engrossing memoir of one RAF fighter pilot’s battle against the Luftwaffe in the dead of night.I… read more

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17. The Road to Station X: From Debutante Ball to Fighter-Plane Factory to Bletchley Park, a Memoir of One Woman's Journey Through World War Two

By: Sarah Baring

4.00

Format: 179 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1938, Sarah Baring was enjoying life as a young debutante. Only a few years later, at the height… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Nurse Behind the Gates by Shari J. Ryan

18. The Nurse Behind the Gates

By: Shari J. Ryan

4.40

Format: 376 pages, ebook

Dachau, 1942. Emilie has been told she’s here to nurse evil men. But the first patient she sees in … read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war
"The empty seats belong to the other Jewish kids who were in my class. I’m the only one left."

-Shari J. Ryan, The Nurse Behind the Gates

"If you had a secret - one that could destroy your life if shared, what would you do to protect it?"

-Shari J. Ryan, The Nurse Behind the Gates

"There’s no clearer definition of war than the sight of barbed wired fences surrounding dark fields muddied by the sky’s tears."

-Shari J. Ryan, The Nurse Behind the Gates

"You’re right to fight for everything you believe in, and I’ll do “the same, but only until it is too dangerous. I won’t risk our lives for a fight we won’t win."

-Shari J. Ryan, The Nurse Behind the Gates

Cover of Walker, R.N.: The Greatest U-Boat Hunter of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two) by Terence Robertson

19. Walker, R.N.: The Greatest U-Boat Hunter of the Battle of the Atlantic (Submarine Warfare in World War Two)

By: Terence Robertson

4.61

Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition

The astounding biography of the most successful anti-submarine commander of the Second World War.Pe… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of Wingless Victory: The Story of Sir Basil Embry’s Escape From Occupied France in the Summer of 1940 (Remarkable Survivors from World War Two) by Anthony Richardson

20. Wingless Victory: The Story of Sir Basil Embry’s Escape From Occupied France in the Summer of 1940 (Remarkable Survivors from World War Two)

By: Anthony Richardson

4.32

Format: 303 pages, Kindle Edition

The true story of an airman’s audacious escape from occupied France in World War Two.Perfect for fa… read more

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  • world war ii
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of The Crowded Hours: The Story of Sos Cohen (Remarkable Survivors from World War Two) by Anthony Richardson

21. The Crowded Hours: The Story of Sos Cohen (Remarkable Survivors from World War Two)

By: Anthony Richardson

4.33

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

The remarkable story of Wing-Commander Lionel Cohen who at the age of sixty-nine served as the olde… read more

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Cover of Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of the Family Band by Willie Nelson

22. Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of the Family Band

By: Willie Nelson

4.31

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of Willie Nelson and his sister, Bobbie, who, over the course of their lives toget… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
Cover of Wing Leader: The Incredible Story of the Top-Scoring RAF Fighter Ace of WWII by J.E. Johnson

23. Wing Leader: The Incredible Story of the Top-Scoring RAF Fighter Ace of WWII

By: J.E. Johnson

4.48

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

Johnnie Johnson joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1939 as a week-end flier, and finis… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Last Secret Agent by Pippa Latour

24. The Last Secret Agent

By: Pippa Latour

4.55

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The extraordinary untold story of Pippa Latour, who parachuted into occupied France in 1944 as an u… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • historical
  • war
  • nonfiction
Cover of They Fought Alone: The True Story of SOE's Agents in Wartime France by Maurice Buckmaster

25. They Fought Alone: The True Story of SOE's Agents in Wartime France

By: Maurice Buckmaster

4.30

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

Set Europe ablaze.' The order came from Churchill himself. The result was the Special Operations Ex… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • france
Cover of Nancy Wake by Russell Braddon

26. Nancy Wake

By: Russell Braddon

4.33

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the incredible true story of the greatest spy you’ve never heard of—as told to the author b… read more

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  • biography
  • history
  • memoir
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • france
  • womens
Cover of Code Name Elodie (The Bletchley Park Girls #2) by Anna Stuart

27. Code Name Elodie (The Bletchley Park Girls #2)

By: Anna Stuart

4.39

Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition

1943, Bletchley Park: In the dark of night, my heart is pumping with adrenalin as I wait for news o… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
Cover of Sixty Blades of Grass: a moving WWII drama based on true events by Elizabeth Millane

28. Sixty Blades of Grass: a moving WWII drama based on true events

By: Elizabeth Millane

4.46

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

"A darkly lyrical homage to bravery and love in WWII" – Mary Glickman, author of By The Rivers of B… read more

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  • world war ii
Cover of Beyond the Shadow of Night by Ray Kingfisher

29. Beyond the Shadow of Night

By: Ray Kingfisher

4.17

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

In this epic tale of friendship and loss from the author of The Sugar Men, fate pushes childhood fr… read more

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  • world war ii
  • historical
  • war
Cover of SECRET AGENT the true story of the Special Operations Executive (David Stafford World War II History) by David Stafford

30. SECRET AGENT the true story of the Special Operations Executive (David Stafford World War II History)

By: David Stafford

4.12

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

The definitive history of the formation of Britain’s Special Operations Executive from those who we… read more

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Cover of FIVE DAYS THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD eyewitness accounts from Europe at the end of World War II (Nicholas Best World War II History) by Nicholas Best

31. FIVE DAYS THAT SHOCKED THE WORLD eyewitness accounts from Europe at the end of World War II (Nicholas Best World War II History)

By: Nicholas Best

4.47

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

A GRIPPING ACCOUNT OF THE LAST DAYS OF WORLD WAR II FROM THE FAMOUS FACES WHO WITNESSED IT.‘Rivetin… read more

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14 Top history books like Nancy Wake by Russell Braddon

Transform Your Habits

Wolves at the Door: The True Story Of America's Greatest Female Spy

Judith L. Pearson

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins–and WWII Heroes

Tim Brady

4.01

Transform Your Habits

The Heroines of SOE: F Section, Britain's Secret Women in France

Beryl E. Escott

4.10

Transform Your Habits

SAS great escapes

Damien Lewis

4.26

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Sniper One: The Blistering True Story Of A British Battle Group Under Siege

Dan Mills

4.29

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For Crew and Country: The Inspirational True Story of Bravery and Sacrifice Aboard the USS Samuel B. Roberts

John F. Wukovits

4.33

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Sharpe's Command (Sharpe, #14)

Bernard Cornwell

4.15

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Munich Wolf

Rory Clements

4.24

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