A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell

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This is a spy history like no other, telling the story of the hunting accident that disabled her, the discrimination she fought and the secret life that helped her triumph over shocking adversity. In the case of Sonia Purnells biography, Americans are keen to read about our own countrymans heroism. The first woman to go undercover for British SOE, her intelligence changed the course of the war - but her fight was still not over.

She is there to spark the resistance.īy 1942 Virginia Hall was the Gestapo’s most urgent target, having infiltrated Vichy command, trained civilians in guerrilla warfare and sprung soldiers from Nazi prison camps. A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II, by Sonia Purnell, recounts the exploits of Virginia Hall, who worked with Britains Special. Her wooden leg is disguised by a determined gait and a distracting beauty. In September 1941, a young American woman strides up the steps of a hotel in Lyon, Vichy France. ‘A rousing tale of derring-do’ THE TIMES * ‘Riveting’ MICK HERRON * ‘Superb’ IRISH TIMES Why Read A Woman of No Importance This book is rather an attempt to reveal how one woman really did help turn. ‘A METICULOUS HISTORY THAT READS LIKE A THRILLER’ BEN MACINTYRE, TEN BEST BOOKS TO READ ABOUT WORLD WAR IIĪn astounding story of heroism, spycraft, resistance and personal triumph over shocking adversity. A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell.