The Secret Ministry of Ag. & Fish: My Life in Churchill’s School for Spies

My mother thought I was working for the Ministry of Ag. and Fish.� So begins Noreen Riols� compelling memoir of her time as a member of Churchill�s �secret army�, the Special Operations Executive. It was 1943, just before her eighteenth birthday, Noreen received her call-up papers, and was faced with either working in a munitions factory or joining the Wrens. A typically fashion-conscious young woman, even in wartime, Noreen opted for the Wrens – they had better hats. But when one of her interviewers realized she spoke fluent French, she was directed to a government building on Baker Street.