A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell
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A Woman of No Importance
- The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII’s Most Dangerous Spy
- By: Sonia Purnell
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs
Publisher’s Summary
The New York Times best seller.
In September 1941, a young American woman strides up the steps of a hotel in Lyon, Vichy France. Her papers say she is a journalist. Her wooden leg is disguised by a determined gait and a distracting beauty. She is there to spark the resistance.
By 1942 Virginia Hall was the Gestapo’s most urgent target, having infiltrated Vichy command, trained civilians in guerrilla warfare and sprung soldiers from Nazi prison camps. The first woman to go undercover for British SOE, her intelligence changed the course of the war – but her fight was still not over.
This is a spy history like no other, telling the story of the hunting accident that disabled her, the discrimination she fought and the secret life that helped her triumph over shocking adversity.
Winner of the Plutarch Award for Best Biography
©2019 Sonia Purnell (P)2019 Hachette Audio UK
Amy
Incredible, hard to believe. an absolute must-read
Couldn’t stop listening once I’d started. Truly fascinating.
It’s seriously hard to believe it really happened. Bravery, loyalty and ingenuity beyond anything you can imagine.
Christine
Outstanding
A fantastic book about a truly amazing woman who figured heroically as a resistance fighter in France during World War 2. Superbly written and the beautifully read by Juliet Stevenson. I loved it