Raised in a suburb of 1920s Paris, Noor Inayat Khan was an introspective musician and writer, dedicated to her family and to her father's spiritual values of harmony, beauty, and tolerance. Yet, faced with the evils of Nazi violence and the German occupation of France, Noor joined the British Special Operations Executive and trained in espionage and reconnaissance. Code-named Madeleine, she became a high-value target for the Gestapo, and here Arthur Magida recounts the exploits of this courageous woman who refused to give up.