The outside of what's left of Beaulieu Abbey This is the SOE memorial on the grounds of Beaulieu Abbey, originally built in 1204 This is the plaque in memory of the Free French and SOE This building was home of the SOE and Free French. Now it's a lighting store and anonymous office space. On what used to be one of the main SOE offices on Baker Street. Here are a few of the sites and plaques honoring the SOE in London: I never forget for a moment that although I'm telling a story with a fictional protagonist, real women and men sacrificed everything to be dropped behind enemy lines and, as Winston Churchill instructed "set Europe ablaze!" (It's pronounced Bew-lee - go figure!)įantastic trip and I have so much to share that it will take additional posts, but one of the most amazing thing was visiting the real-life SOE secret agent offices in London and "finishing school" in Beaulieu. As you may know, I'm also working on the next book in the Maggie Hope series, THE QUEEN'S ACCOMPLICE, and just returned from a two-week research trip to London and Beaulieu, in Hampshire.
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