Christine - A Search for Christine Granville

Zusatztext This biography! stark! earthy! uplifting and bloodstained! deserves to be read even by those who are tired of war books. In Christine! Dostoyevsky! I suspect! would have found a heroine to his taste Informationen zum Autor Madeleine Masson (1912-2007) was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. She studied History and Philosophy at the Sorbonne, Paris and gained a Ph.D. in Philosophy before going on to study Art and Humanities in Munich. She published twenty-seven books and plays, both fiction and non-fiction, including Edwina , Birds of Passage and I Never Kissed Paris Goodbye . As a journalist, Madeleine had worked on the Rand Daily Mail , the Cape Times and as a freelance journalist in Paris. Klappentext Christine Granville, O.B.E. and Croix de Guerre, was one of the most celebrated female agents of World War II. Said to have been Churchill's "favorite spy," her exploits in Poland, Hungary, and France were legendary, even in her lifetime. As an agent of the Special Operations Executive, Christine--the first woman to be dropped into France from Algiers--landed in the Vercors in 1944, where as "Pauline Armand," she performed with tremendous valor. "Christine" is the thrilling tale of a fearless woman ready to die for freedom. The remarkable life story of Christine Granville - Churchill's 'favourite spy' and one of the most successful women agents of the Second World War Zusammenfassung The remarkable life story of Christine Granville - Churchill's 'favourite spy' and one of the most successful women agents of the Second World War

Product details

• Authors: Madeleine Masson, Masson Madeleine
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.10.2005
• EAN: 9781844082384
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-238-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 197 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Virago Modern Classics; VMC; Virago modern classics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Prose: non-fiction, Biography: historical, political & military, True stories, True war & combat stories, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Law Enforcement, True stories: general, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Biography and non-fiction prose, True war and combat stories, Biography: historical, political and military