![]() Virginia established vast spy networks throughout France, called weapons and explosives down from the skies, and became a linchpin for the Resistance. ![]() 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. In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: “She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. NPRĪ meticiulous history that reads like a thriller. - Ben MacintyreĪ never-before-told story of Virginia Hall, the American spy who changed the course of World War II, from the author of Clementine. The New York Times Book ReviewĪ compelling biography of a masterful spy, and a reminder of what can be done with a few brave people - and a little resistance. Winner of the Plutarch Award for Best BiographyĮxcellent…This book is as riveting as any thriller, and as hard to put down. Biography & Autobiography, History, Women's Studies, NonfictionĬhosen as a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, the Seattle Times, the Washington Independent Review of Books, PopSugar, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, BookBrowse, the Spectator, and the Times of London ![]()
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