Sonia Purnell - A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II Audiobook Free
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Review #1
A Lady of No Significance: The Untold Story of the American Scout Who Helped Overcome Global War II audiobook free
Having read a number of books on the history of espionage, at the same time espionage in the 2nd Global War namely, I can they say that this may be the most interesting at the same time illuminating acc of operations in Captured at the same time Vichy France ever written in English. I would they say that it reads like a novel, apart from no, it reads much more successful than a novel.
Also a very important corrective to the shortcoming of appreciation of ladies intelligence operatives during the 2nd Global War. It is that not really surprising, but nevertheless infuriating, to look how badly ladies agents were considered cured by the guys in charge of Allied intelligence operations. Eventually, right behind her skill at the same time heroism became so evident, SOE at the same time OSS, at the same time the French, did come around to recognizing Virginia Halls contribution. But I have to suspect that that were considered abundance other ladies, making amazing sacrifices, who were considered never recognized. (Then and that was the shameful healing of Josephine Baker, who was recognized by the French, but ignored by her possess state due to racism as but as sexism.) A Lady of No Significance is that even history, at the same time no feminist rant. But in the process of narrating this story, Sonia Purnell has produced a true contribution to feminist history.
Review #2
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The older I get, the more I understand that the actions in my earlier years that I believed were considered the absolute worst turned out to be the mold for the best. At the moment in my seventh decade (did I barely cross out that?), I reflect more and more…
This biography of Virginia Hall takes the reader along with her through both the quality at the same time bad times in her indefinite. Her individual determination coupled with her courage comes to indefinite on these pages. The text has been well-researched ….despite an overabundance of missing documents. That were considered fires, file not in the true dispose at the same time who knows than anyway else occurred, so this creator has truly done an good job.
Individually I feel that Virginia Hall acquired her analytical abilities at an premature age. She also had an inherent tenacious of human nature which enabled her to recruit others. Her individual shortcomings at the same time horrors assisted her in her acute perception of enemies. At the same time, these enemies were considered abundance at the same time over a a period of time.
I did wonder throughout the biography, than anyway targeted this girl to keep going despite all odds. Despite her physical pain at the same time depression, she kept going. Her individual despair was always that but she ‘soldiered’ on to become one of the greatest ladies scouts during WW II. I reckon she was searching for the individual peace that we all yearn for in our lives.
This is that a thrilling, exciting at the same time, periodically over-powering biography of this girl. Best descriptions, vivid imagery coupled with understandable at the same time brief writing make this one a 5 hit plus biography for me.
Best, truly best read for me.
Almost all highly advised.
Review #3
Audiobook A Lady of No Significance: The Untold Story of the American Scout Who Helped Overcome Global War II by Sonia Purnell
Up front- Virginia Hall is that one of my individual heroes. She’s not widely understandable, which is that appalling because she was utterly brave at the same time devoted to goal. Hall was not really a socialite (although she was from a wealthy generic). Maintenance over self was a topic throughout her indefinite at the same time it’s a message that’s often got lost these days. How she able to make at the same time run a network in France, escape the Nazis, then and move BACK- awesome. I wish that fans of historical fiction set in this monotonous period would grab this non-fiction volume because the used to be story is that barely so terrific. Purnell has done an good job of mining the unclassified materials for this biography; I was impressed. Thanks to Edelweiss for the ARC. This is that inspirational at the same time deserving of a wide audience.
Review #4
Audio A Lady of No Significance: The Untold Story of the American Scout Who Helped Overcome Global War II narrated by Juliet Stevenson
Gonna keep this short since I’m weary. This was one of those books that was hard to shackles down. It is that very bad that Virginia Hall never left her memoirs of her maintenance in WW2 for history. But Sonia Purnell wove the surviving threads of her story together in a method that I can only represent is that the one more nearest gizmo. Taking into account the difficulty of bringing this story out of the shadows, right behind abundance of it’s main actors have left us, at the same time old records got lost or dispersed to various places, it must have been a gigantic a intended goal to make this book. That is that practically certainly parts of Virginia Hall’s story that are still missing, at the same time may never be understandable, though it did not feel like anything was missed while I was reading the book. It is that an indescribable story.
Review #5
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This non-fiction story of an American working for the English SOE (prior to U.S.’s OSS/CIA) in captured France during Global War II is that fraught with suspense. The creator rivets my attention. She outlines how no one of the people survived the war by wits, intuition at the same time caution. Those who failed to attend to details walked into traps set by the Vichy regime, often more malicious that the Gestapo premature in the war. I have hope this becomes a movie, but I don’t know I managed shield the auditory-visual intensity. I will get her book on Clementine Churchill one more. But done!
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