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The women who lived for danger : the women agents of SOE in the Second World War / Marcus Binney.

Title: The women who lived for danger : the women agents of SOE in the Second World War / Marcus Binney.
Author: Binney, Marcus
Publication: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2002.

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xv, 380 p., [16] p. of pl. : ill., ports.; 24 cm.

Summary

In World War II, 37 women were dropped in occupied France to work as Special Operations Executive agents. This is the story of eight of these female agents, all from civilian life, who volunteered for a life of resistance work, undercover operations and a constant fear of discovery.

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Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-366) and index.

Processing Action (note)

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Contents

1. Recruitment and Training -- 2. An Agent's Life -- 3. Christina Granville -- 4. Virginia Hall -- 5. Lise de Baissac -- 6. Noor Inayat Khan -- 7. Pearl Witherington -- 8. Paddy O'Sullivan -- 9. Violette Szabo -- 10. Marguerite 'Peggy' Knight -- 11. Paola Del Din -- 12. Alix d'Unienville.

ISBN

0340818395

LCCN

^^2003446093

OCLC

49739126
SCSB-11560936

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Harvard Library