Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became France's Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando
    The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became France's Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando
    The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became France's Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando
    Audiobook7 hours

    The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became France's Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando

    Written by Paul Kix

    Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner

    4/5

    ()

    Switch to ebook

    About this audiobook

    In the tradition of Agent Zigzag comes this breathtaking biography, as fast-paced and emotionally intuitive as the very best spy thrillers, which illuminates an unsung hero of the French Resistance during World War II—Robert de La Rochefoucald, an aristocrat turned anti-Nazi saboteur—and his daring exploits as a résistant trained by Britain’s Special Operations Executive.

    A scion of one of the most storied families in France, Robert de La Rochefoucald was raised in magnificent chateaux and educated in Europe's finest schools. When the Nazis invaded and imprisoned his father, La Rochefoucald escaped to England and learned the dark arts of anarchy and combat—cracking safes and planting bombs and killing with his bare hands—from the officers of Special Operations Executive, the collection of British spies, beloved by Winston Churchill, who altered the war in Europe with tactics that earned it notoriety as the “Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.” With his newfound skills, La Rochefoucauld returned to France and organized Resistance cells, blew up fortified compounds and munitions factories, interfered with Germans’ war-time missions, and executed Nazi officers. Caught by the Germans, La Rochefoucald withstood months of torture without cracking, and escaped his own death, not once but twice.

    The Saboteur recounts La Rochefoucauld’s enthralling adventures, from jumping from a moving truck on his way to his execution to stealing Nazi limos to dressing up in a nun’s habit—one of his many disguises and impersonations. Whatever the mission, whatever the dire circumstance, La Rochefoucauld acquitted himself nobly, with the straight-back aplomb of a man of aristocratic breeding: James Bond before Ian Fleming conjured him.

    More than just a fast-paced, true thriller, The Saboteur is also a deep dive into an endlessly fascinating historical moment, telling the untold story of a network of commandos that battled evil, bravely worked to change the course of history, and inspired the creation of America’s own Central Intelligence Agency.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateDec 5, 2017
    ISBN9780062791320
    Author

    Paul Kix

    Paul Kix is an author and writer whose last book was The Saboteur, a bestselling and critically acclaimed true story of the most daring man in World War II. His writing has also appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, GQ, and ESPN The Magazine, among other publications. He lives in Connecticut with his family.

    Related to The Saboteur

    Related audiobooks

    Wars & Military For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      The Spy Princess

      Aug 15, 2019

      The Spy Princess
      7 min read

    • Article

      The Moscow Rules

      Apr 14, 2020

      The Moscow Rules
      2 min read

    • Article

      Commentary: I Was An Army Grunt At The Pointy End Of The American Spear. But No Longer

      Apr 5, 2019

      I'm one of the lucky ones. Leaving the madness of U.S. Army life with a modest pension and all of my limbs intact feels like a genuine escape. Both the Army and I knew it was time for me to go. I'd tired of carrying water for empire and they'd grown

      3 min read

    • Article

      PATTON “OLD BLOOD & GUTS”

      Jan 20, 2022

      PATTON “OLD BLOOD & GUTS”
      11 min read

    • Article

      The Spy In Moscow Station

      May 23, 2019

      Author Eric Haseltine Publisher Icon Books Price £12.99 Released Out now interested in learning more about the spy agencies of the 1970s, this is the book for you. Likewise, considering current affairs and the ongoing discussion regarding Russian int

      1 min read

    • Article

      'A Woman Of No Importance' Finally Gets Her Due

      Apr 18, 2019

      Virginia Hall was an American spy who worked for Britain and the U.S. and played a key role in undermining the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. Her story was rarely told — until now.

      5 min read

    • Article

      France In The Dock

      Aug 3, 2023

      France In The Dock
      4 min read

    • Article

      Émile Zola 1840–1902

      Oct 28, 2021

      Émile Zola 1840–1902
      2 min read

    • Article

      'The Saboteur' Combines Heroic World War II History With Thriller Dramatics

      Dec 14, 2017

      Robert de La Rochefoucauld and his Resistance comrades were guided by an unspoken code of bravery.

      3 min read

    • Article

      Blood, Shit, and Sex

      Mar 22, 2019

      Blood, Shit, and Sex
      8 min read

    • Article

      J’accuse: The Case That Never Closes

      May 25, 2023

      WE CAN SPEND ALL OF OUR lives paying for some decisions. In the case of a nation, the process of coming to terms with such decisions and taking responsibility for their consequences is the work of generations, and requires eternal vigilance. This is

      4 min read

    • Article

      Love After an Apocalypse

      Jan 22, 2019

      Love After an Apocalypse
      4 min read

    • Article

      Translating Evil

      Feb 21, 2019

      Translating Evil
      8 min read

    • Article

      The Case That Split A Nation

      Mar 13, 2020

      The Case That Split A Nation
      2 min read

    • Article

      What Kind of Nazi Was He?

      May 22, 2023

      What Kind of Nazi Was He?
      11 min read

    • Article

      Noor Inayat Khan 1914-44

      Oct 27, 2022

      Noor Inayat Khan 1914-44
      2 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Saboteur

    4/5

    34 ratings1 review

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 5/5
      Heroes in our times are anointed for an act of courage, typically a moment when fate called them to act. And they did. Robert de La Rochefoucauld acted with heroism repeatedly over a span of years, a vastly different type of hero than we know. This is a book worth your time. The narration is superb.