Timely, authoritative and gripping. What a pity. The tale is of sheer heroism, but underlying the story is the struggle of a woman in a very man's world. Considering the difficulty of bringing this story out of the shadows, after many of it's key actors have left us, and old records lost or dispersed to various places, it must have been a huge a task to create this book. What an unlikely candidate for WWII secret service work was Virginia Hall as, first of all, a woman working in what was almost exclusively a man's sphere of operation and, secondly, as an amputee with a wooden leg, referred to in her coded messages as Cuthbert.
Well researched, unsensational book detailing the exploits of this courageous woman and how final efforts were hijacked and belittled by French at end of the war to make it appear they had freed themselves after previous surrender for political power and in some cases to hide previous collaboration with Nazi Germany. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. She's not widely known, which is appalling because she was incredibly brave and devoted to mission. What a remarkable women. Those who failed to attend to details walked into traps set by the Vichy regime, often more vicious that the Gestapo early in the war.
This was one of those books that was hard to put down. I'll never forget Virginia Hall, now finally recognised as a leading founder of modern spy craft. It is too bad that Virginia Hall never left her memories of her service in WW2 for history. Up front- Virginia Hall is one of my personal heroes. The author rivets my attention. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. The Ven. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz The Forgotten Highlander: An Incredible WWII Story of Survival in the Pacific I Only Wanted to Live (A WW2 Jewish Boy Holocaust Survival True Story (World War II... Iron Spy: The True Story of the Greatest Double Agent in World War II (Espionage) Raking Light from Ashes (A WW2 Jewish Girl's Holocaust Survival True Story (World W... Lalechka (A WW2 Jewish Girl's Holocaust Survival True Story (World War II Memoir)) Courage and Grace (A Jewish Family's Holocaust True Survival Story During WW2 (Worl... Amazon calculates a product’s star ratings based on a machine learned model instead of a raw data average. France owes a great debt to this courageous lady and so do we , the bravest of the brave. It is an incredible story. This is one family’s story of survival & later freedomA young Jewish boy goes through all possible levels of hell. I binge read this book over two days because I found it so astonishing that I'd never heard of this heroic figure. Please try your request again later. 3 mass deportations. Framing her daring exploits with a contrasting before and after reveals the way women are erased from history - to this day. But I really don't like the writing style.
A Woman of No Importance is straight history, and no feminist rant. Inspire a love of reading with Prime Book Box for KidsThis shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed.
I read a brief review when this book was published. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. I will get her book on Clementine Churchill next. I know this book has some great reviews by others, but after several weeks I'm only on page 90 and I've given up.
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