Title:
The spy who loved : the secrets and lives of Christine Granville
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Publication Date:
2012
Publication Information:
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, ©2012.
Physical Description:
xxi, 426 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781250049766
Abstract:
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.
Contents:
Preface: Stories of trust and betrayal -- Borderlands -- Two weddings and a war -- Hungarian embraces -- Polish resistance -- A string of arrests -- Travels in an Opel -- Cold in Cairo -- The beautiful spy -- Our woman in Algiers -- A French occupation -- The Battle of Vercors -- Switching allegiances -- Operation Liberté -- Mission impossible -- Second-class citizen -- Deep water -- Brutal end -- Epilogue: The afterlife of Christine Granville -- My search for Christine Granville : a note on sources -- Appendix I: Christine "preferred dogs to children" : a note on Christine Granville's childlessness -- Appendix II: She "murdered me" Muldowney said : a note on Dennis Muldowney.
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Language:
English
