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She was beautiful. She was ruthless. She had a steel trap for a
mind and a will of iron. Born Vera Maria Rosenberg in Bucharest,
she became Vera Atkins, legendary spy and holder of the Legion of
Honor. Recruited by William Stevenson--the spymaster who would
later come to be known as "Intrepid"--when she was only
twenty-three, Vera spent much of the 1930s running countless
perilous espionage missions. When war was declared in 1939, her
fierce intelligence, blunt manner, personal courage, and knowledge
of several languages quickly propelled her to the leadership
echelon of the highly secretive Special Operations Executive (SOE),
a covert intelligence agency formed by, and reporting to, Winston
Churchill. She recruited and trained several hundred agents,
including dozens of women, whose objectives were to penetrate deep
behind enemy lines.
The stirring exploits and the exemplary courage of the SOE
agents and the French Resistance fighters--who in the words of
General Dwight D. Eisenhower together "shortened the war by many
months"--are justly celebrated. But the central role of Vera Atkins
has until now been cloaked in silence. William Stevenson was the
only person she trusted to record her life; he kept his promise
that he would not publish her story until after her death. Here is
the extraordinary account of the woman whose intelligence, beauty,
and unflagging dedication proved key in turning the tide of World
War II.
A classic about real-life WWII espionage, as conducted by its
modern master * "A Man Called Intrepid" is the classic true story
of Sir William Stephenson (codenamed Intrepid) and the spy network
he founded that would ultimately stall the Nazi war machine and
help win World War II. Ian Fleming, bestselling author of the James
Bond novels, once remarked, "James Bond is a highly romanticized
version of a true spy. The real thing is William Stephenson."
Illustrated with thirty-two pages of black-and-white photographs,
this book describes the infamous "Camp X" spy training center in
Ontario, Canada; the breaking of the Ultra Code used by Enigma; and
countless tales of assassinations, clandestine activities,
guerrilla armies, resistance support, and suicide missions. This
modern classic, which reads like fiction, was a national bestseller
when first published in 1976.
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