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- The invisible woman / by Robuck, Erika,author.;
"In the depths of war, she would defy the odds to help liberate a nation. A gripping historical novel based on a remarkable true story of World War II heroine Virginia Hall, from the bestselling author of Hemingway's Girl. France, March 1944. Virginia Hall wasn't like the other young society women back home in Baltimore -- she never wanted the debutante ball or silk gloves. Instead, she traded a safe life for adventure in Europe, and when her beloved second home is thrust into the dark days of war, she leaps in headfirst. Once she's recruited as an Allied spy, subverting the Nazis becomes her calling. But even the most cunning agent can be bested, and in wartime trusting the wrong person can prove fatal. Virginia is haunted every day by the betrayal that ravaged her first operation, and will do everything in her power to avenge the brave people she lost. While her future is anything but certain, this time more than ever Virginia knows that failure is not an option. Especially when she discovers what -- and whom -- she's truly protecting"--- Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Goillot, Virginia, 1906-1982; Women spies; World War, 1939-1945;
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- A call to spy [videorecording] / by Apte, Radhika,actor.; Katic, Stana,actor.; Pilcher, Lydia Dean,film director.; Roache, Linus,1964-actor.; Roukin, Samuel,1980-actor.; Sutherland, Rossif,1978-actor.; Thomas, Sarah Megan,1979-actor,screenwriter,film producer.; IFC Films,presenter.; Shout! Factory (Firm),publisher.; SMT Pictures, LLC,production company.;
Editor, Paul Tothill ; director of photography, Robby Baumgartner.Sarah Megan Thomas, Stana Katic, Radhika Apte, Linus Roache, Rossif Sutherland, Samuel Roukin.At the beginning of WWII, with Britain becoming desperate, Churchill orders his new spy agency, SOE, to recruit and train women as spies.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13 for strong violence, disturbing images, language and smoking.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.- Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Feature films.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Spy films.; Atkins, Vera, 1908-2000; Goillot, Virginia, 1906-1982; Khan, Noor Inayat, 1914-1944; Great Britain. Special Operations Executive; Women spies; World War, 1914-1918;
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- A woman of no importance : the untold story of the American spy who helped win WWII / by Purnell, Sonia,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The never-before-told story of one woman's heroism that changed the course of the Second World War In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: "She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her." This spy was Virginia Hall, a young American woman--rejected from the foreign service because of her gender and her prosthetic leg--who talked her way into the spy organization dubbed Churchill's "ministry of ungentlemanly warfare," and, before the United States had even entered the war, became the first woman to deploy to occupied France. Virginia Hall was one of the greatest spies in American history, yet her story remains untold. Just as she did in Clementine, Sonia Purnell uncovers the captivating story of a powerful, influential, yet shockingly overlooked heroine of the Second World War. At a time when sending female secret agents into enemy territory was still strictly forbidden, Virginia Hall came to be known as the "Madonna of the Resistance," coordinating a network ofspies to blow up bridges, report on German troop movements, arrange equipment drops for Resistance agents, and recruit and train guerilla fighters. Even as her face covered WANTED posters throughout Europe, Virginia refused order after order to evacuate.She finally escaped with her life in a grueling hike over the Pyrenees into Spain, her cover blown, and her associates all imprisoned or executed. But, adamant that she had "more lives to save," she dove back in as soon as she could, organizing forces tosabotage enemy lines and back up Allied forces landing on Normandy beaches. Told with Purnell's signature insight and novelistic panache, A Woman of No Importance is the breathtaking story of how one woman's fierce persistence helped win the war"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Goillot, Virginia, 1906-1982.; Women spies; Spies; Intelligence officers; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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