'A METICULOUS HISTORY THAT READS LIKE A THRILLER' BEN MACINTYRE TEN BEST BOOKS TO READ ABOUT
WORLD WAR II An astounding story of heroism spycraft resistance and personal triumph over
shocking adversity. 'A rousing tale of derring-do' THE TIMES * 'Riveting' MICK HERRON *
'Superb' IRISH TIMES THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn September 1941 a young American woman
strides up the steps of a hotel in Lyon Vichy France. Her papers say she is a journalist. Her
wooden leg is disguised by a determined gait and a distracting beauty. She is there to spark
the resistance.By 1942 Virginia Hall was the Gestapo's most urgent target having infiltrated
Vichy command trained civilians in guerrilla warfare and sprung soldiers from Nazi prison
camps. The first woman to go undercover for British SOE her intelligence changed the course of
the war - but her fight was still not over. This is a spy history like no other telling the
story of the hunting accident that disabled her the discrimination she fought and the secret
life that helped her triumph over shocking adversity.'A cracking story about an extraordinarily
brave woman' TELEGRAPH'Gripping ... superb ... a rounded portrait of a complicated resourceful
determined and above all brave woman' IRISH TIMESWINNER of the PLUTARCH AWARD FOR BEST
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