num_pages: 310
description: Fiction based on Fact this novel follows the work carried out by Josephine Baker during World War 2 for the French resistance.Born into poverty in a racially segregated America, Josephine flees to France. She embraces the hedonistic lifestyle available in Paris of the Roaring Twenties.With Hitler's rise to power in Germany she is forced to face her true self. Determined to protect the Liberty Equality and Fraternity she has found in France, she becomes an 'honorable correspondent' for the French Intelligence Service. So, beginning a journey which will take her from the Red Cross Shelters in Paris to the cruel deserts of North Africa. Whilst she will find love and enduring friendship she must also face dangers which will threaten not only her life but all she holds dear...Can she find the courage to fight for what she believes in....no matter what the cost...?
language: English
title: Josephine: Singer Dancer Soldier Spy
publisher: Eilidh McGinness