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Woman of No Importance
by Sonia Purnell
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as a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, the
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Shortlisted
for the Plutarch Award for Best Biography of 2019
“Excellent…This
book is as riveting as any thriller, and as hard to put down.” -- The New York
Times Book Review
"A
compelling biography of a masterful spy, and a reminder of what can be done
with a few brave people -- and a little resistance." - NPR
A
never-before-told story of Virginia Hall, the American spy who changed the
course of World War II, from the author of Clementine.
In 1942, the Gestapo sent out
an urgent transmission: "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.
Product
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File Size :
31404 KB
Print Length : 368 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN : 0735225311
Publisher :
Penguin Books (April 9, 2019)
Publication Date : April 9, 2019
Sold by : Amazon.com Services
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Language : English
ASIN : B07DN155VV
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