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Author:
Mulley, Clare.
Title:
The spy who loved : the secrets and lives of Christine Granville / Clare Mulley.
Publisher:
St. Martin's Griffin,
Copyright Date:
©2012
Description:
xxi, 426 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm
Subject:
Granville, Christine,--1908-1952.
Granville, Christine,--1908-1952
Women spies--Great Britain--Biography.
Spies--Great Britain--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain.
Espionnes--Grande-Bretagne--Biographies.
Espions--Grande-Bretagne--Biographies.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Service secret--Grande-Bretagne.
Secret service.
Spies.
Women spies.
Great Britain.
1939-1945
Biography
Biographies.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary:
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.
ISBN:
1250030323
9781250030320
1250049768
9781250049766
OCLC:
(OCoLC)880686058
Locations:
UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)

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