The spy who loved
Subtitle: the secrets and lives of Christine Granville
By: Clare Mulley
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 426
ISBN-13: 9781250030320; 9781250030337
Subjects: Women spies; Secret service; Biography; World War, 1939-1945; Spies
Description: Explores the life and career of one of Britain's most daring and highly decorated special agents, whose gathered intelligence and courage provided a significant contribution to the Allied war effort in World War II.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 398-411) and index.
Table of contents: title: Stories of trust and betrayal; title: Borderlands; title: Two weddings and a war; title: Hungarian embraces; title: Polish resistance; title: A string of arrests; title: Travels in an opel; title: Cold in Cairo; title: The beautiful spy; title: Our woman in Algiers; title: A French occupation; title: The battle of Vercors; title: Switching allegiances; title: Operation liberté; title: Mission impossible; title: Second-class citizen; title: Deep water; title: Brutal end; title: The afterlife of Christine Granville.