The spy who Loved : : the Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville
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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 -- The afterlife of Christine Granville.
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.
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PUBLISHED
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: xix, 426 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781250030320
SUBJECTS
Skarbek, Krystyna, -- 1908-1952.
Women spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.