| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xix, 426 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 398-411) and index. |
| Contents |
Stories of trust and betrayal -- Borderlands -- Two weddings and a war -- Hungarian embraces -- Polish resistance -- A string of arrests -- Travels in an opel -- Cold in Cairo -- The beautiful spy -- Our woman in Algiers -- A French occupation -- The battle of Vercors -- Switching allegiances -- Operation liberté -- Mission impossible -- Second-class citizen -- Deep water -- Brutal end -- The afterlife of Christine Granville. |
| Summary |
Explores the life and career of one of Britain's most daring and highly decorated special agents, whose gathered intelligence and courage provided a significant contribution to the Allied war effort in World War II. |
| Subject |
Granville, Christine, 1908-1952.
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Women spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
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| ISBN |
9781250030320 hardback |
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1250030323 hardback |
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