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Apr 9, 2019 · A never-before-told story of Virginia Hall, the American spy who changed the course of World War II, from the author of Clementine. In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: "She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her."
Mar 28, 2019 · Virginia Hall was one of the greatest spies in American history, yet her story remains untold. Just as she did in Clementine, Sonia Purnell uncovers the captivating story of a powerful, influential, yet shockingly overlooked heroine of the Second World War.
A Woman of No Importance is the breathtaking story of how one woman’s fierce persistence helped win the war.
May 24, 2019 · A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE. The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II. By Sonia Purnell. “A Homeric tale” is how Sonia Purnell describes the life of Virginia...
Mar 24, 2020 · Virginia Hall, a spirited young woman from a once-wealthy Baltimore family, embarked on an overseas career as a clerk with the State Department in 1931 after finding that women were not welcome in the Foreign Service.
A cracking biography of Virginia Hall, the tall, beautiful, one-legged Special Operations Executive agent who in 1941 was sent to occupied France undercover as a journalist to mobilise résistants ahead of D-Day. She became, in the Gestapo's view, the Allies' most dangerous spy. -- Daily Telegraph.
- Sonia Purnell
Mar 20, 1997 · A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE. A PLAY. BY OSCAR WILDE. METHUEN & CO., LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON. Eighth Edition. The dramatic rights of ‘ A Woman of No Importance ’ belong to Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and to Robert Ross, executor and administrator of Oscar Wilde’s estate. TO GLADYS COUNTESS DE GREY. [MARCHIONESS OF RIPON]
Apr 9, 2019 · Based on new and extensive research, Sonia Purnell has for the first time uncovered the full secret life of Virginia Hall--an astounding and inspiring story of heroism, spycraft, resistance, and personal triumph over shocking adversity. A Woman of No Importance is the breathtaking story of how one woman's fierce persistence helped win the war.
Mar 28, 2019 · Based on new and extensive research, Sonia Purnell has for the first time uncovered the full secret life of Virginia Hall, an astounding and inspiring story of heroism, spycraft, resistance and personal triumph over shocking adversity. New York Times bestseller.
Mar 31, 2020 · Virginia Hall was one of the greatest spies in American history, yet her story remains untold. Just as she did in Clementine, Sonia Purnell uncovers the captivating story of a powerful, influential, yet shockingly overlooked heroine of the Second World War.
- Sonia Purnell
