EAN: 9780063111806

ONE WOMANS WAR - CHRISTINE WELLS KARTONIERT (TB)

ONE OF BOOKBUB'S BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOKS OF THE FALL From the author of Sisters of the
Resistance comes the story of WWII British Naval Intelligence officer Victoire Bennett  the
real-life inspiration for the James Bond character Miss Moneypenny  whose international covert
operation is put in jeopardy when a volatile socialite and Austrian double agent threatens to
expose the mission to German High Command. World War II London: When Victoire Paddy Bennett
first walks into the Admiralty's Room 39  home to the Intelligence Division  all the bright and
lively young woman expects is a secretarial position to the charismatic Commander Ian Fleming.
But soon her job is so much more  and when Fleming proposes a daring plot to deceive the
Germans about Allied invasion plans he requests the newlywed Paddy's help. She jumps at the
chance to work as an agent in the field  even after the operation begins to affect her
marriage. But could doing her duty for King and country come at too great a cost? Socialite
Friedl Stöttinger is a beautiful Austrian double agent determined to survive in wartime England
which means working for MI-5  investigating fifth column activity among the British elite at
parties and nightclubs. But Friedl has a secret-some years before  she agreed to work for
German Intelligence and spy on the British. When her handler at MI-5 proposes that she work
with Serbian agent  Dusko Popov  Friedl falls hopelessly in love with the dashing spy. And when
her intelligence work becomes fraught with danger  she must choose whether to remain loyal to
the British and risk torture and execution by the Nazis  or betray thousands of men to their
deaths. Soon  the lives of these two extraordinarily brave women will collide  as each travels
down a road of deception and danger leading to one of the greatest battles of World War II.

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