Susan Travers dreamed of an adventurous life, but had little chance of it until the Second World War destroyed her cafe society world and freed her from the bonds of her privileged but stifling upbringing.
Here for the first time, the life story of the Only Woman to fight for the French Legion is one that few dare to even imagi.
Leaving her peripatetic, party-girl lifestyle behind her, she drank a last cocktail at her friend Gladys\'s chateau, locked the door behind her and walked into history.
Susan Travers dreamed of an adventurous life, but had little chance of it until the Second World War destroyed her cafe society world and freed her from the bonds of her privileged but stifling upbringing