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Book 2003

The Women Who Lived for Danger

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Publisher
William Morrow
Language
English
Published
2003
  • Secret service
  • Women intelligence officers
  • Women
  • Great Britain
  • Biography
  • Women spies
  • Women, biography
  • Women, great britain

In World War II, 37 women were dropped in occupied France to work as Special Operations Executive agents. This is the story of eight of these female agents, all from civilian life, who volunteered for a life of resistance work, undercover operations and a constant fear of discovery.