1933: When Nancy Wake gets the opportunity to leave her family and Australia behind to see something of the world, she takes it. She becomes a journalist and her assignments lead her to Paris, where she lives life to the fullest – and meets rich and charming Henri Fiocca. Although he is older and has a reputation as a ladies’ man, sparks fly between the odd couple, and they marry soon after.
But just as they are settled in their new home in Marseille, German troops march through Paris. When Nancy witnesses the horrors they inflict on everybody who doesn’t fit their ideologies, she vows to fight them with everything she has and joins the Red Cross to become an ambulance driver.
A chance encounter with a British officer draws her into the heart of an escape network and she soon finds herself caught in a ruthless game of espionage. Wanted by the Germans and far from home, Nancy becomes somewhat of a legend.
But as the iron fist of the enemy tightens, Nancy and Henri face a heart-breaking decision …
