'I have always been fascinated by that charismatic hero of the
Resistance, Josephine Baker, but it turns out I didn't know the
half of it. Lewis' story-telling blew my mind. Again.' Dan Snow
During WW2, Josephine Baker, the world's richest and most glamorous
entertainer, was an Allied spy in Occupied France. This is the
story of her heroic personal resistance to Nazi Germany. Prior to
World War II, Josephine Baker was a music hall diva renowned for
her singing and exotic dancing, her beauty and sexuality; she was
the most highly-paid female performer in Europe. When the Nazis
seized her adopted city, Paris, she was banned from the stage,
along with all 'negroes and Jews'. Yet, instead of returning to
America, she vowed to stay and to fight the Nazi evil. Overnight
she went from performer to Resistance spy. In The Flame of
Resistance best-selling author Damien Lewis uncovers this little
known history of the famous singer's life. During the years of the
war, as a member of the French Nurse paratroopers - a cover for her
spying work-- she participated in numerous clandestine activities
and emerged as formidable spy. In turn, she was a hero of the three
countries in whose name she served: the US, the nation of her
birth; France, the land that embraced her during her adult career;
and Britain, the country from which she took her orders, as one of
London's most closely-guarded special agents. Baker's secret war
embodies a tale of unbounded courage, passion, devotion and
sacrifice, and of deep and bitter tragedy, fueled by her own desire
to combat the rise of Nazism, and to fight for all that is good and
right in the world. Drawing on a plethora of new historical
material and rigorous research, including previously undisclosed
letters and journals, Lewis upends the conventional story of
Josephine Baker, revealing that her mark on history went far beyond
the confines of the stage. 'A story of incredible bravery in the
face of tyrants who invaded a free and democratic nation, this will
have powerful resonance today.' Tim Spicer 'An eye-opening,
pulse-quickening history. Josephine Baker led a wartime double life
of extraordinary jeopardy and Damien Lewis's needle-sharp narrative
is jagged with suspense. Yet he also writes with great warmth and
sensitivity, creating a powerfully moving portrait of a woman who
fought prejudice and hate in all its forms.' Sinclair McKay 'A
gripping true story of a remarkable heroine. The details of
Josephine Baker's espionage for the Deuxieme Bureau, the French
military intelligence agency during the war, make for a fascinating
read in Damien Lewis's meticulously researched account' Deborah
Cadbury
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