A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell

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If one or more items are not available when you place your order there may be a delay in dispatch, so that we can send your items in as few parcels as possible. Items are usually dispatched within twenty-four to seventy-two hours. Orders are processed and dispatched Monday to Friday. ‘A cracking story about an extraordinarily brave woman’ TELEGRAPH’Gripping … superb … a rounded portrait of a complicated, resourceful, determined and above all brave woman’ IRISH TIMESWINNER of the PLUTARCH AWARD FOR BEST BIOGRAPHY This is a spy history like no other, telling the story of the hunting accident that disabled her, the discrimination she fought and the secret life that helped her triumph over shocking adversity. The first woman to go undercover for British SOE, her intelligence changed the course of the war – but her fight was still not over. By 1942 Virginia Hall was the Gestapo’s most urgent target, having infiltrated Vichy command, trained civilians in guerrilla warfare and sprung soldiers from Nazi prison camps.

Her wooden leg is disguised by a determined gait and a distracting beauty. ‘A rousing tale of derring-do’ THE TIMES * ‘Riveting’ MICK HERRON * ‘Superb’ IRISH TIMES THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn September 1941, a young American woman strides up the steps of a hotel in Lyon, Vichy France.

‘A METICULOUS HISTORY THAT READS LIKE A THRILLER’ BEN MACINTYRE, TEN BEST BOOKS TO READ ABOUT WORLD WAR II An astounding story of heroism, spycraft, resistance and personal triumph over shocking adversity.

A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell