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A life in secrets : Vera Atkins and the missing agents of WWII / Sarah Helm.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Helm, Sarah.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Atkins, Vera, 1908-2000.
- Atkins, Vera.
- Great Britain. Special Operations Executive.
- Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.
- World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action--France.
- Intelligence officers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Intelligence officers.
- Women intelligence officers.
- Women intelligence officers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 493 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Other Title:
- Vera Atkins and the missing agents of WWII
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nan A. Talese, 2005.
- Summary:
- Once rumored to have been the inspiration for Ian Fleming's Miss Moneypenny, Vera Atkins climbed her way to the top in Special Operations Executive, or SOE, Britain's secret service created to help the resistance efforts in Nazi-occupied countries. Drawing on recently released government files and unprecedented access to family papers, Helm vividly reconstructs a complex and extraordinary life.
- Notes:
- Map on lining papers.
- Originally published: London : Little, Brown, 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [477]-480) and index.
- ISBN:
- 038550845X
- OCLC:
- 62282665
- Publisher Number:
- 9780385508452
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- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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