Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II
by William Stevenson
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- 9781611452310
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Arcade Publishing, 2011. Paperback. New. New softcover in glossy printed wraps. 8vo. (6 x 1.2 x 9 inches) Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes author's notes, index, and b&w photographs. 354 pp.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. New York Times Bestseller! By the author of A Man Called Intrepid. The story of Vera Atkins, legendary spy and holder of the Legion of Honor She was stunning. She was ruthless. She was brilliant and had a will of iron. Born Vera Maria Rosenberg in Bucharest, she became Vera Atkins. William Stephenson, the spymaster who would later be known as "Intrepid", recruited her when she was twenty-three. Vera spent most of the 1930s running too many dangerous espionage missions to count. When World War II began in 1939, her many skills made her one of the leaders of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a covert intelligence agency formed by, and reporting to, Winston Churchill. She trained and recruited hundreds of agents, including dozens of women. Their job was to seamlessly penetrate deep behind the enemy lines. As General Dwight D. Eisenhower said, the fantastic exploits and extraordinary courage of the SOE agents and the French Resistance fighters "shortened the war by many months." They are celebrated, as they should be. But Vera Atkins's central role was hidden until after she died; Author William Stevenson promised to wait and publish her story posthumously. Now, Vera Atkins can be celebrated and known for the hero she was: the woman whose beauty, intelligence, and unwavering dedication proved key in turning the tide of World War II.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. New York Times Bestseller! By the author of A Man Called Intrepid. The story of Vera Atkins, legendary spy and holder of the Legion of Honor She was stunning. She was ruthless. She was brilliant and had a will of iron. Born Vera Maria Rosenberg in Bucharest, she became Vera Atkins. William Stephenson, the spymaster who would later be known as "Intrepid", recruited her when she was twenty-three. Vera spent most of the 1930s running too many dangerous espionage missions to count. When World War II began in 1939, her many skills made her one of the leaders of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a covert intelligence agency formed by, and reporting to, Winston Churchill. She trained and recruited hundreds of agents, including dozens of women. Their job was to seamlessly penetrate deep behind the enemy lines. As General Dwight D. Eisenhower said, the fantastic exploits and extraordinary courage of the SOE agents and the French Resistance fighters "shortened the war by many months." They are celebrated, as they should be. But Vera Atkins's central role was hidden until after she died; Author William Stevenson promised to wait and publish her story posthumously. Now, Vera Atkins can be celebrated and known for the hero she was: the woman whose beauty, intelligence, and unwavering dedication proved key in turning the tide of World War II.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-339) and index.
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- The Anthropologists Closet (US)
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- 2544
- Title
- Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II
- Author
- William Stevenson
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 3
- ISBN 10
- 1611452317
- ISBN 13
- 9781611452310
- Publisher
- Arcade Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- New York Times Bestseller, Vera Atkins, Legion of Honor, Spy, Espionage, Vera Maria Rosenberg, Spymaster, Intrepid, SOE, Special Operations Executive, WWII, World War II, Agents, Undercover,
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