Sophie De Schaepdrijver: 2 books
An English Governess in the Great War
The Secret Brussels Diary of Mary Thorp
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
An Englishwoman of no particular fame living in World War I Brussels started a secret diary in September 1916. Aware that her thoughts could put her in danger with German authorities, she never wrote her name on the diary and ran to hide it every time the "Boches" came to inspect the house....
Gabrielle Petit
The Death and Life of a Female Spy in the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
In central Brussels stands a statue of a young woman. Built in 1923, it is the first monument to a working-class woman in European history. Her name was Gabrielle Petit. History has forgotten Petit, an ambitious and patriotic Belgian, executed by firing squad in 1916 for her role as an intelligence...