A woman of no importance [sound recording]
Purnell, Sonia2019
Audiobooks
Total copies: 1
In 1942, the Gestapo would stop at nothing to track down a mysterious "limping lady" who was fighting for the freedom of France. The Nazi chiefs issued a simple but urgent command: "She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her." The Gestapo's target was Virginia Hall, a glamorous American with a wooden leg who broke through the barriers against her gender and disability to be the first woman to infiltrate Vichy France. In so doing she helped turn the course of the intelligence war. Based on new research, Sonia Purnell has uncovered the full secret life of Virginia Hall, an astounding and inspiring story of heroism, spycraft, and personal triumph over adversity.
Main title:
A woman of no importance [sound recording] / Sonia Purnell.
Author:
Purnell, Sonia, authorStevenson, Juliet, narrator
Work:
Edition:
Unabridged edition.
Imprint:
Oxford : Soundings Audio Books, 2019.
Collation:
12 CDs (12 hr., 30 min.) : digital, stereo
Performers:
Read by Juliet Stevenson.
ISBN:
9781407981017 (CDs)
Dewey class:
940.548673092
LC class:
D810.S8
Language:
English
Subject:
Goillot, Virginia, 1906-1982Women spies -- United States -- BiographyWomen intelligence officers -- United States -- BiographySpies -- United States -- BiographyIntelligence officers -- United States -- BiographyWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United StatesWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- FranceAudiobooksWarfare and DefenceBiography & non-fiction proseBiography: general
BRN:
333239