This is the epic tale of an heiress who determined that a hunting accident would not define her existence a young woman who gambled her life to fight for the freedoms she believed in an espionage novice who helped to light the flame of French Resistance.īased on new and extensive research, Sonia Purnell has for the first time uncovered the full secret life of Virginia Hall, an astounding and inspiring story of heroism, spycraft, resistance and personal triumph over shocking adversity. In so doing she helped turn the course of the intelligence war. A Woman of No Importance is an excellent example of how historical scholarship, when concentrated on women's stories, can shift the perspective of the general public toward world history. The Gestapo's target was Virginia Hall, a glamorous American with a wooden leg who broke through the barriers against her gender and disability to be the first woman to infiltrate Vichy France for the SOE. A never-before-told story of Virginia Hall, the American spy who changed the course of World War II, from the author of. The Nazi chiefs issued a simple but urgent command: 'She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. Summary of A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell Product Details. In 1942, the Gestapo would stop at nothing to track down a mysterious 'limping lady' who was fighting for the freedom of France.
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