The Improbable Heroine

Lela Karayanni was a prosperous housewife with seven children, who had no experience in politics or military affairs, and yet she managed to build a formidable escape, espionage and sabotage organization that interacted with the highest levels of British intelligence service agents in Occupied Greece. She joined the SIS shortly after the German occupation of Athens and was betrayed, arrested and executed one month before the Germans- departure.

Stylianos Perrakis, Royal Bank of Canada Distinguished Professor of Financial Derivatives at Concordia University, Canada.