A compelling beautifully written story of resilience friendship and survival.' Heather Morris
author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz The thrilling story of how nine young women captured by
the Nazis for being part of the Resistance launched a breathtakingly bold escape and found
their way home. As the Second World War raged across Europe and the Nazi regime tightened its
reign of horror and oppression nine women some still in their teens joined the French and
Dutch Resistance. Caught out in heroic acts against the brutal occupiers they were each
tortured and sent east into Greater Germany to a concentration camp where they formed a
powerful friendship. In 1945 as the war turned against Hitler they were forced on a Death
March facing starvation and almost certain death. Determined to survive they made a bid for
freedom and so began one of the most breathtaking tales of escape and resilience of the Second
World War. The author is the great-niece of one of the nine and she interweaves their
gripping flight across war-torn Europe with her own detective work uncovering the
heart-stopping escape and survival of these heroes who fought fearlessly against Nazi Germany
and lived to tell the tale. --------- 'A truly extraordinary tale beautifully written one
that chills and excites [A] work of rare passion power and principle' Philippe Sands author
of East-West Street and The Ratline 'Utterly gripping' Anna Sebba author of Les Parisiennes
'The Nine is poignant powerful and shattering distilling the horror of the Holocaust through
the lens of nine unforgettable women...' Kate Quinn New York Times bestselling author of The
Rose Code and The Alice Network
