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A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II

Sonia Purnell

Finish date: January 6, 2020

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Feb 17, 2021 Julia rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: politics, audio-books, history, for-maia, potential-movie, introducing-great-new-characters, spy-thriller, non-fiction, holocaust, read-women-2021

Wow! What a Shero! Virginia Hall was the most Gryffindorian Gryffindor to ever Gryff, she was amazingly brave, resourceful, calm and collected under pressure, and yet she is virtually unheard of. She was American woman who served in the British Intelligence agency in France, setting up and supplying the resistance movement there. Her war years are a testament to her bravery, and her post-war years a testament to the misogyny women faced and continue to face today. She was superb.

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May 11, 2022 Julie rated it it was amazing

Astonishing! This book reads like a spy novel but it is all true! The bravery and fortitude demonstrated by this American woman fighting for France in WW2 had me cheering for her the whole way while at the same time wanting to shake some sense into her superiors. She single handed my changed the course of the war and managed to turn the tide in several fronts in France. And so we’ll researched and written! Read this book! #herstory ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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