Clare Mulley

Sleeping with the enemy: the wartime story of ‘La Chatte’

Roland Philipps describes the perilous life of the French Resistance agent Mathilde Carré, who first betrayed her friends and then double-crossed the Nazis

Mathilde Carré on trial for treason in Paris in 1949. The original death sentence was commuted to 20 years in prison, but she was released in 1954. Credit: Bridgeman Images
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