Title:
Agent Josephine : American beauty, French hero, British spy / Damien Lewis.
ISBN:
9781541700666
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Edition:
First US edition.
Publication Information:
New York : PublicAffairs, 2022.
©2022
Physical Description:
xxvi, 466 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
General Note:
"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain in 2022 by Quercus Editions Ltd"--Title page verso.
Contents:
A traitor unmasked -- An honourable spy -- From Paris with love -- A most sensational woman -- The darkness descends -- It can't always be caviar -- The enemy at the gates -- The iron resistance -- Stardom, her cloak and her dagger -- The black angel -- Invisible ink and secret steamships -- On the Gestapo hitlist -- Abandon all hope -- Unbreakable -- The twelve apostles -- Dances with death -- Operation Josephine B -- Operation Underworld -- Captured, imprisoned -- The grim reaper calls -- Lighting the torch -- Die another day -- Into the heat and dust -- Liberation day -- A song for Buchenwald -- Epilogue.
Summary:
"In Agent Josephine, bestselling author Damien Lewis uncovers this little-known history of the famous singer's life. During the war years, as a member of the French Nurse paratroopers--a cover for her spying work--Baker participated in numerous clandestine activities and emerged as a formidable spy. In turn, she was a hero of the three countries in whose name she served--the US, France, and Britain"-- Provided by publisher
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OCLC Number:
on1334421903
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