Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II

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A thrilling spy story, I was on tenterhooks to see how the operations described played out and concluded. This is one of those nonfiction books you can recommend even to those readers who are strict fiction enthusiasts. Some very basic knowledge of the European theater of WW2 is helpful, but not ...

from JanaRose1

During WWII, Virginia Hall risked her life over and over, as a spy in occupied France. During the beginning of the war, she created a vast organization of contacts, busted fellow spies out of jail, and relayed on-the-ground intelligence about German troop movements, numbers, and the day-to-day co...

from creighley

Excellent biography of a brave woman. Virginia Hall, a Baltimore socialite, talked her way into Special Operations Executive, Winston Churchill's spy organization. She established vast spy networks across Europe and became the first woman deployed behind enemy lines and-despite her prosthetic leg...

from michelleannlib

Wow! This book was amazing. It was both incredibly inspiring and also a little demoralizing. Virginia Hall's life story is captivating and exciting. It's a little hard to hear how sexism and discrimination kept her from doing even more in her career.

from shazjhb

Excellent book. Like all nonfiction it is hard to follow all the people because they do not engage in conversation and therefore they are just names on paper. Important book about what women can do and how they are blocked