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Gabrielle Petit - The Death and Life of a Female Spy in the First World War (Hardcover)
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Gabrielle Petit - The Death and Life of a Female Spy in the First World War (Hardcover)
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In central Brussels stands a statue of a young woman. Built in
1923, it is the first monument to a working-class woman in European
history. Her name was Gabrielle Petit. History has forgotten Petit,
an ambitious and patriotic Belgian, executed by firing squad in
1916 for her role as an intelligence agent for the British Army.
After the First World War she was celebrated as an example of stern
endeavour, but a hundred years later her memory has faded. In the
first part of this historical biography Sophie De Schaepdrijver
uses Petit's life to explore gender, class and heroism in the
context of occupied Europe. Petit's experiences reveal the reality
of civilian engagement under military occupation and the emergence
of modern espionage. The second part of the book focuses on the
legacy and cultural memory of Petit and the First World War. By
analysing Petit's representation in ceremony, discourse and popular
culture De Schaepdrijver expands our understanding of remembrance
across the 20th century.
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