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A woman of no importance : the untold story of the American spy who helped win World War II, by Sonia Purnell, (Large Print)
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The item A woman of no importance : the untold story of the American spy who helped win World War II, by Sonia Purnell, (Large Print) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Grosse Pointe Public Library.
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- Summary
- "In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: "She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her." The target in their sights was Virginia Hall, a Baltimore socialite who talked her way into Special Operations Executive,the spy organization dubbed Winston Churchill's "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare." She became the first Allied woman deployed behind enemy lines and--despite her prosthetic leg--helped to light the flame of the French Resistance, revolutionizing secretwarfare as we know it. Virginia established vast spy networks throughout France, called weapons and explosives down from the skies, and became a linchpin for the Resistance. Even as her face covered wanted posters and a bounty was placed on her head, Virginia refused order after order to evacuate. She finally escaped through a death-defying hike over the Pyrenees into Spain, her cover blown. But she plunged back in, adamant that she had more lives to save, and led a victorious guerilla campaign, liberating swathes of France from the Nazis after D-Day. 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"--
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- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
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- pages cm
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- 9781432869991
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- A woman of no importance : the untold story of the American spy who helped win World War II
- Title
- A woman of no importance
- Title remainder
- the untold story of the American spy who helped win World War II
- Statement of responsibility
- by Sonia Purnell
- Title variation
- Untold story of the American spy who helped win World War II
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: "She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her." The target in their sights was Virginia Hall, a Baltimore socialite who talked her way into Special Operations Executive,the spy organization dubbed Winston Churchill's "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare." She became the first Allied woman deployed behind enemy lines and--despite her prosthetic leg--helped to light the flame of the French Resistance, revolutionizing secretwarfare as we know it. Virginia established vast spy networks throughout France, called weapons and explosives down from the skies, and became a linchpin for the Resistance. Even as her face covered wanted posters and a bounty was placed on her head, Virginia refused order after order to evacuate. She finally escaped through a death-defying hike over the Pyrenees into Spain, her cover blown. But she plunged back in, adamant that she had more lives to save, and led a victorious guerilla campaign, liberating swathes of France from the Nazis after D-Day. 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"--
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- Purnell, Sonia
- Dewey number
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- 940.54/8641092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Goillot, Virginia
- Women spies
- Spies
- Intelligence officers
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Large type books
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- A woman of no importance : the untold story of the American spy who helped win World War II, by Sonia Purnell, (Large Print)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
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- nc
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- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- BK0025373671
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- pages cm
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432869991
- Lccn
- 2019022676
- Media category
- unmediated
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- Label
- A woman of no importance : the untold story of the American spy who helped win World War II, by Sonia Purnell, (Large Print)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- BK0025373671
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- pages cm
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432869991
- Lccn
- 2019022676
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
Subject
- Large type books
- Spies -- United States -- Biography
- Women spies -- United States -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States
- Goillot, Virginia, 1906-1982
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France
- Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography
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