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A Woman of No Importance

bySonia Purnell

Genres: Historical fiction Biography Political Leaders Espionage

Who is this book for? Readers interested in biographies, history, and stories of female empowerment during wartime.

Topics SpiesIntelligence officersWorld war iiFrench resistanceWomen in warEspionageHeroismSecret operationsCourageTriumph over adversityWarGender and Equality

MoodSuspenseful, Hopeful

Female protagonist

ViolenceModerate

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.

Language

Published on

04/02/2020

Pages

416

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780349010168

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9.99 £

16.99 €

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