During WW2, Britain used three devastatingly effective methods to extract secrets from Nazi POWs on UK soil, without them ever realising.
What the Germans said in private would help win the war.
Let’s explore these techniques:
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Stories of heroism and horror abound during WWII.
For this thread we'll highlight Mara Timon's account of the women agents behind the D-Day invasion.
Find out about the significant part a number of women played in landing troops in occupied France at historiamag.com/women-agents…🧵
In 1775 James Macpherson implied that Lucy was in Paris in August 1650 & yet 5 eyewitness put her in Holland at the very same time. Who do you believe, the facts or the popular Macpherson myth?
Charles IIs #SecretQueen is out on 30 October from @penswordbooks#LucyTuesday
With the purchase of the Roche Castle Estate in the early #17thCentury, Lucy’s great-grand parents put the Walter family on the map, but this was not only property & land they owned.
Read the real Lucy Walter story on 30 October from @penswordbooks#SecretQueen#LucyTuesday
Interestingly, the House of Lords couldn't find a legal precedent for Alimony in 1647. So they ruled that William Walter was to keep and maintain his estranged Wife. Today is marks milestone for women's rights. Learn more in my upcoming biography of Lucy Walter #SecretQueen
I'm three steps closer to Lucy's Publication!
I'm working on the copy edits, I've sent over the images, and Lucy has an amazing Forward from a fellow historian that I admire & respect.
Full of new research and unseen letters, Lucy Walter has her voice!
#SecretQueen#amwriting
Last night I pressed the send button, Lucy is with my publisher @penswordbooks. The editing process with @SarahBWatkins begins & hopefully my Lucy will be in your hands this time next year.
This just the start of the Lucy adventure!
#secretqueen
At the City Archives in The Hague to look at some very special documents signed by Lucy Walter in the 1650s. Very excited, so chilling with a latte!
This is the last i to dot in my search for the real Lucy - not that Macpheson fantasy fiction, you all know so well!
#SecretQueen