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A Woman of No Importance - The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII's Most Dangerous Spy (Hardcover)
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A Woman of No Importance - The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII's Most Dangerous Spy (Hardcover)
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***BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE TIMES and SPECTATOR *** A NEW YORK TIMES
BESTSELLER*** 'A rousing tale of derring-do' The Times Book of the
Week 'A cracking story about an extraordinarily brave woman'
Telegraph Best Holiday Beach Reads 'As riveting as any thriller,
and as hard to put down' Mick Herron, New York Times 'Gripping ...
superb ... a rounded portrait of a complicated, resourceful,
determined and above all brave woman' Irish Times In 1942, the
Gestapo would stop at nothing to track down a mysterious 'limping
lady' who was fighting for the freedom of France. The Nazi chiefs
issued a simple but urgent command: 'She is the most dangerous of
all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her.' The Gestapo's
target was Virginia Hall, a glamorous American with a wooden leg
who broke through the barriers against her gender and disability to
be the first woman to infiltrate Vichy France for the SOE. In so
doing she helped turn the course of the intelligence war. This is
the epic tale of an heiress who determined that a hunting accident
would not define her existence; a young woman who gambled her life
to fight for the freedoms she believed in; an espionage novice who
helped to light the flame of French Resistance. 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. An Amazon.com Book of the Month * USA Today 5
Must Reads * New York Times Editors Pick
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