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Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx
Re Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II. By William Stevenson as posted above, I can't comment on that book but I have read another book on Vera Atkins:
A Life in Secrets
Sarah Helm
Alas it's not on special, nor even cheap, but as per the blurb it 'stripped . . . . . . . . .
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Thanks. I was not aware of the book. But, I was not aware of the tome that I posted, until I saw it listed as a markdown.
I never even had heard of Vera Maria Rosenberg (aka Vera Atkins) before (please, no flying legumes from the peanut gallery. ha), even though I consider myself fairly well educated about the major people and events of WWII. It's interesting that Rosenberg is not nearly so well known as Bill "Wild Bill" Donovan, head of the United States' OSS (Office of Strategic Services) (the predecessor of the CIA) of the same period. Donovan no doubt had more authority, but I wonder if that is the only reason for the difference. Maybe one or both of the two books on Rosenberg would shed light on that question.
I wish that I had time to read one or both of those books. I don't. I have some spare time occasionally for listening to something, so I might have to spring for the Whispersync deal on the Stevenson (or is it Stephenson? hahahahah) book. And, that would give me the last of the four audiobooks that I need to get the $10 credit with the Audible B4G10 promotion. I notice that the Helm book does not have any audiobook counterpart at all, at least that's sold by Audible.