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A woman of no importance : the untold story of the American spy who helped win World War II
Published [2019] by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [New York, New York]
ISBN 9780735225299
Bib Id 2248935
Description 352 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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2018-060359
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9780735225299 (hardcover) $28.00
073522529X
9780735225312 (paperback) $18.00
0735225311
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A woman of no importance : the untold story of the American spy who helped win World War II
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Untold story of the American spy who helped win World War II
Publication Information
[2019] by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [New York, New York] :
Description
352 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-334) and index.
Contents
The dream -- Cometh the hour -- My tart friends -- Good-bye to Dindy -- Twelve minutes, twelve men -- Honeycomb of spies -- Cruel mountain -- Agent most wanted -- Scores to settle -- Madonna of the mountains -- From the skies above -- The CIA years.
Summary
In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent command across France: "She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her." The target in their sights was Virginia Hall, a Baltimore socialite who talked her way into Special Operations Executive, the spy organization dubbed Winston Churchill's "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare." She became the first Allied woman deployed behind enemy lines and - despite her prosthetic leg - helped to light the flame of the French Resistance, revolutionizing secret warfare as we know it. Virginia established vast spy networks throughout France, called weapons and explosives down from the skies, and became a linchpin for the Resistance. Even as her face covered WANTED posters and a bounty was placed on her head, Virginia refused order after order to evacuate. She finally escaped through a death-defying hike over the Pyrenees into Spain, her cover blown. But she plunged back in, adamant that she had more lives to save, and led a victorious guerilla campaign, liberating swathes of France from the Nazis after D-Day. Based on new and extensive research, Sonia Purnell has for the first time uncovered the full secret life of Virginia Hall - an astounding and inspiring story of heroism, spycraft, resistance, and personal triumph over shocking adversity. A Woman of No Importance is the breathtaking story of how one woman's fierce persistence helped win the war. --
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