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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 away Vera’s many veils and -- with unprecedented access to official and private papers, and the cooperation of Vera’s relatives -- vividly reconstructed an extraordinary life.'
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If you're interested in female secret agents in WWII, you might try Susan Ottaway's
A Cool and Lonely Courage: The Untold Story of Sister Spies in Occupied France (published in Britain as
Sisters, Secrets and Sacrifice: The True Story of WWII Special Agents Eileen and Jacqueline Nearne). Unfortunately not on sale, but quite fascinating.