The Last Secret Agent by Jude Dobson

"I was not a James Bond-style spy . . . I was a secret agent whose job it was to blend into the background and cause quiet chaos"  — Pippa Latour

Six One Five invites you to come and hear Jude Dobson talk about her exciting new book The Last Secret Agent. Jude shares the extraordinary untold story of Pippa Latour, a Special Operations agent during World War II. Her story was kept secret until now.. 

Join us on Saturday 9th Nov and enjoy a delicious lunch or dinner catered by Source Kitchen, while learning of the secret valour and wartime sacrifices of Pippa Latour.

Jude Dobson, well known host of Sale of the Century and 5:30 With Jude, has been researching, writing, producing and directing World War I and World War II documentaries for the past six years. She won the New York Radio Awards Bronze Award in 2023 in the historical documentary category.

Two events will will be held on Saturday 09 Nov 2024:
Lunch 12 - 3pm
Dinner 6 - 9pm   SOLD OUT
Preferred seating is on a first come first served basis

Limited parking on site, so please arrange transport using Uber or organise a Mai Ride (phone 021 624 707) 

Spaces are limited - secure your ticket today!

MORE ABOUT PIPPA LATOUR
Pippa Latour was one of the last female special operations agents in France to get out alive after its liberation in World War II. Born in 1921, she became a covert special operations agent for the British Army and was parachuted into a field in Nazi-occupied Normandy. Pippa was lauded for her fluency with languages and her coding ability – attributes she put to remarkable use when she posed as a teenage soap-seller, often selling her wares to the German soldiers and sending back information via code to England. Incredibly, she kept her service secret for 70 years. 

Pippa Latour lived in New Zealand from the 1960s where she raised her four children, but her work as a spy remained a secret. When her World War II work was revealed, she was awarded France's highest military decoration and recognised as the last surviving F (French) Section Special Operations agent. 

Before her death at the age of 102 last year, Pippa chose Jude to tell her story and they formed a close bond before Pippa's death on 7 October 2023.