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"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...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
458 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A heart-stopping new novel, based on the extraordinary true stories of an American socialite and a British secret agent whose stunning acts of courage collide in the darkest hours of WWII, from the bestselling author of The Invisible Woman. Two women, two countries. Nothing in common but a call to resist. 1940. In a world newly burning with war, and in spite of her American family's wishes, Virginia decides to stay in occupied France with her French...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2022.
Lexile measure
1150L
Physical Desc
200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This is a historical nonfiction book about Virginia Hall, an American spy in France who the Nazis dubbed "the most dangerous of allied spies." It tells the story of her youth and her work in Europe during the second world war."--
Virginia Hall was deemed "the most dangerous of all allied spies" by the Gestapo. Armed with her wits and her prosthetic leg, she was deployed behind enemy lines to inspire resistance in France, providing crucial support...
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
At the beginning of WWII, with Britain becoming desperate, Churchill orders his new spy agency, SOE, to recruit and train women as spies.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"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...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Nikki Haley's sharply intimate and inspirational book celebrates the world's most iconic women leaders. "If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman." -Margaret Thatcher In the spirit of Thatcher's quote, Ambassador Nikki R. Haley offers inspiring examples of women who worked against obstacles and opposition to get things done-including Haley herself. As a brown girl growing up in Bamberg, South Carolina, no one...
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Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1210L
Physical Desc
xvii, 267 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Virginia Hall was traveling in Europe. Which was dangerous enough, but as fighting erupted across the continent, instead of returning home, she headed to France. In a country divided between freedom and fascism, Virginia was determined to do her part for the Allies. An ordinary woman from Baltimore, Maryland, she dove into the action, first joining a French ambulance unit and later becoming an undercover...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
1200L
Physical Desc
xv, 368 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"To say Virginia "Dindy" Hall was ambitious would be an understatement. She was that girl at your high school who makes everyone else look like a slacker, no matter how hard they're working. But how many of them can say they've been on Nazi Germany's Most Wanted list? At a time when most women were expected to becomes wives and mothers, Virginia craved adventure. And with the world gearing up for a second World War, this fearless woman knew that she...